3147. Adulteration ©f tomato paste.    U.  S. v. 41 Cases of Tomato Paste  (and 2
o titer seizure actions against tomato paste). Default decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 6631, 6775, 6890. Sample Nos. 
53663-E, 74475-E, 74476-E, 84087-E.)
On December 31, 1941, and January 29 and February 19, 1942, the United 
States attorney for the Eastern District of New York filed libels against 90 
cases and 133 cartons of tomato paste at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on or 
about October 23, 1941, to on or about January 5, 1942, by Uddo Taormina Cor- 
poration from Wilmington and Buena Park, Calif.; 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) "Flag, Brand Tomato Paste"; "Pin- 
occhio Brand Italian Style Tomato Paste with sweet basil Distributed By 
A. M. S. Packing Company, Brooklyn, N. Y."; or "Progress Brand ¦¦ * * *' 
Packed For La Sierra Heights Canning Co., Inc. Buena Park, California Tomato 
Paste with'Basil."
On February 6 and March 20 and 24, 1942, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.