1782. Adulteration of tomato puree and tomato catsup.    U. S. v. 115 Cases of
Tomato Puree    (and  3 other seizure actions  against tomato products.)
(F. D. C. Nos. 4035, 4036, 4105, 4237. Sample Nos. 19380-E, 56507-E, 56508-E, 
56510-E, 56522-E.)
These products contained excessive mold, indicating the presence of decom- 
posed material.
Between March 22 ¦ and April 4, 1941, the United States attorneys for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania and the Eastern District of New York filed 
libels against 115 cases of tomato puree at Pittsburgh, Pa., and 162 cases of 
tomato puree and 554 cases of tomato catsup at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the 
articles had been shipped within the period from on or about October 4, 1940, to 
on or about February 11, 1941, by the Lake Erie Canning Co. from Sandusky, 
Ohio; and charging that they were adulterated in that they consisted in whole 
or in part of decomposed substances. The articles were labeled variously: 
(Cans) "First National Brand Tomato Catsup [or "Puree"] Distributed by 
First National Pickle Products Brooklyn, N. Y." and "Premier Fancy Extra 
Heavy Tomato Puree.    Francis H. Leggett & Co., Distributors, New York."
On April 28 and 28 and May 13, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.