4435. Adulteration, of tomato paste, tomato pulp, and tomato sauce. V. S.?
V. Vcsuvian Px-eserving- Co., a corporation. Plea of gnilty. Fine,?
$25.    (F. & D. No. 6386.    I. S. Nos. 7506-h, 7814-h, 7842-h.)
On November 15, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of New?
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the?
Vesuvian Preserving Co., a corporation, Vineland, N. J.,> alleging:
(1) Shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on?
or about November 
26, 1912, from the State of New Jersey into the State of?
New York, of a quantity of tomato paste which was adulterated. This article?
was labeled: (On retail can) "Eagle Brand Tomato Paste Made from Tomato?
Trimmings (Design of eagle.) Directions. For one pound of Macaroni \ise?
one teaspoonful of this Conserva dissolved in warm wrater or broth. A sauce?
thus obtained is used also for roast meats, stews, etc., etc. It gives your?
dishes a fine and appetizing flavor. Modo di Usarla. Per una libbra di macche-?
roni usare un cucchiaino da caffe1 di questa conserva sciolta in acqua calda o?
brodo. La salsa cosi ottenuta 6 indicatissima per carne arrostita, stufati, ecc,?
ecc. Conserva di Pomidoro Marca Aquila Vesuvian Preserving Co. Vineland,?
N. J. (Design of red ripe tomato) Questa conserva 6 puro estratto di pomidori?
prpdotti da semi Italiani. E manifatturata coi piu moderni sistemi scientific!?
sotto la direzione del Cav. Salvatore Misuraca gift direttore tecnico della Societa?
Industriale Meridionale di Castellammare di Stabia." (On one end stamped in?
tin) " Vesuvian " (On other end stamped in tin) /' Sanitary." (Shipping pack??
age) "Eagle Brand Tomato Paste   Vesuvian Preserving Co., Vineland, N. J."
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
(2) The sale by said company, on or about October 4, 1913, under a guaranty?
that the article was not adulterated or misbranded, of a quantity of tomato?
pulp which was an adulterated article within the meaning of the Food and?
Drugs Act, and which said article, in the identical condition in which it had?
been received, was unlawfully shipped by the purchaser thereof, on or about?
Febraary 20, 1914, from the State of New Jersey into the State of Louisiana.?
This article was labeled, in part: "Vesuvian Brand Tomato Pulp Made from?
Tomatoes and Tomato Trimmings. Vesuvian Preserving Co., Vineland, N, J.?
Contents 10 oz. Vesuvian Brand VPCo. Trade Mark Packed by Vesuvian Pre??
serving Co., Vineland, N. J." (On shipping case) "48 Tins No. 1 10 ozs. Net?
Each Vesuvian Brand Tomato Pulp Packed by Vesuvian Preserving Co; Vine-?
land, N. J."
688
BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTEY.
[Supplement 19.
Examination of a sample of this article by said Bureau of Chemistry showed?
the following results:
(3) Shipment by said defendant company, in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, on or about March 17, 1914, from the State of New Jersey into the State?
of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of tomato sauce which was adulterated. This?
article was labeled, in part: (Top of can impressed with word "Vesuvian")?
"Tomato Sauce-Cipolla Brand (Design of branch of plum tomatoes) Packed in?
Sanitary Cans, No Acid or Solder Used. Salsa Di Pomidero (Design of small?
body of water, mountains in the distance, with figures in Italian costume .in?
the foreground) This Product Contains Absolutely no Preservatives of any?
Kind. Packed by Vesuvian Preserving Co., Vineland, N. J. (Monogram VPCo)?
Trade Mark Contents 6 oz. The Italian Importing Co. New York, Sole Dis??
tributors."
Examination of a sample of this article by said Bureau of Chemistry showed?
the following results:
Adulteration of all three articles was alleged in the Information for the?
reason that they consisted, in whole or in part, of a decomposed vegetable sub??
stance.
On February 28, 1916, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the?
information, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
CASL VBOGMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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