2031. Adulteration of tomato paste.     U. S. v. 17 Cases and 26 Cases of Tomato
Paste.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. Nos.
4743,4804.    Sample Nos. 50695-E, 59301-E.)
On May 13 and 20, 1941, the United States attorneys for the Northern and the 
Southern Districts of West Virginia filed libels against 17 cases, each containing 
100 cans, of tomato paste at Grafton, W. Va., and 26 cases, each containing 100 
cans, of the same product at Charleston, W. Va., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 15, 1940, and March 31, 
1941, by H. J. Moran Co. from Baltimore, Md.; and charging that it was 
adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. 
The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Net Weight 6 Ounces Avd. * * * 
Champion Brand."
On June 3 and 9, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.