15154. Adulteration of tomato juice.   U. S. v. Garden State Canning Co., a cor¬
poration, and Norman W. Frazer and Harold R. Gray. Corporation and 
Norman W. Frazer each fined $1,000; sentence suspended against Har- 
old R. Gray.   All defendants placed on 5 years' probation.    (F. D. C.
No. 24820.   Sample Nos. 9366-K, 13042-K, 13044-K.)
INFORMATION FILED : July 7, 1948, District of New Jersey, against the Garden 
State Canning Co., Hightstown, N. J., Norman W. Frazer, president, and Harold 
R. Gray, secretary-treasurer.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of October 23, 1947, and 
January 22, 1948, from the State of New Jersey into the States of New York 
and Pennsylvania.
LABEL IN PART: "Kontos Brand Tomato Juice * * * Kontos Bros. 
Inc. Distributors New York, N. Y." or "Norris Tomato Juice * * * Dis- 
tributed By Schuylkill Valley Grocery Co., Inc.   Bridgeport, Pa."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
- in part of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of decomposed 
tomato material.
DISPOSITION : October 18,1948. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the corpora- 
tion and Norman W. Frazer were each fined $1,000; sentence was suspended 
against Harold R. Gray; and all of the defendants were placed on 5 years' 
probation. The court further ordered that during the period of the probation, 
the defendants have nothing to do either directly or indirectly with any tomato 
product except whole tomatoes; that the 3,000 cases of tomato juice stored at the 
cannery be examined by the Department of Agriculture; and that the unfit 
portion be destroyed under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administra- 
tion.
In addition, the court ordered the corporate defendant and Norman W. 
Frazer each to pay $'500 for violation of the terms of probation imposed on
July 14,1947, the time of a previous criminal conviction against the defendants. 
See notices of judgment on foods, No. 12604.