P.   &  D.  No.   2742.
I. S. No. 10604-c.	
Issued October 24, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1744.
(Given pursuant to section i of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTEBATION OF TOMATO PASTE.
At the September, 1911, term of the District Court of the United?
States for the District of New Jersey, the grand jurors of the United?
States within and for said district, acting upon a report of the Sec??
retary of Agriculture, returned an indictment against the Philadel??
phia Pickling Co., a corporation, doing business in Belle Plain, N. J.,?
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, on December 16, 1910, from the State of New Jersey into?
the State of Pennsylvania of a consignment of tomato paste which?
was adulterated.   The product bore no label.
Examination of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chem??
istry of this Department indicated the presence of 1,900,000 organ??
isms on dextrose agar and 2,000,000 organisms on wort agar per?
gram of paste. Gas-producing organisms were present in 1/10,000?
of a gram. Yeasts were present in the sample. Adulteration was?
alleged in the indictment for the reason that the product contained?
yeasts and spores, bacteria, and mold filaments, had an offensive?
odor, and consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and?
putrid animal and vegetable substance.
On October 30, 1911, the defendant company entered a plea of?
not guilty with leave to withdraw within ten days. On May 22,?
1912, the case having come on for trial before the court and a jury,?
a verdict of guilty was returned by the jury and the court imposed?
a fine of $100.
W. M. HATS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 13, 1912.
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