17087. Adulteration of tomato puree.   U. S. v. 40 Cases   *    *   *.    (F. D. C
No. 3014k    Sample No. 74165-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :   November 16,1950, Northern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about September 29, 1950, by Uddo & Taormina Co.,
from Vineland, N. J. 
PRODUCT:    40 cases, each containing 24   1-pound, 12-ounce cans, of tomato puree
at Utica, N. Y. 
LABEL IN PART :    "Mountain Beauty    *    *    *    Tomato Puree." 
NATURE OF CHARGE:    Adulteration, Section 402  (a)   (3), the product consisted
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of fly eggs
and maggots, and of a decomposed substance by reason of the presence of
decomposed tomato material. 
DISPOSITION:   December   28,   1950.   Default   decree   of   condemnation    and
destruction.