5782. Adulteration of tomato paste. U. S. * * * v. 200 Cases • * » of 
Tomato Paste. Consent decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D   No. 8220.    I. S. No. 1751-m.     S. No. E-836.)
On March 29, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 200 cases, each containing 200 cans of tomato paste, remaining 
unsold in the original unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about February 16, 1917, by V. Taormina & Co., 
New Orleans, La., and transported from the State of Louisiana into the State 
of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part, " Tomato Paste with Basilico Fly 
Brand    *    *    *"
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that it consisted in particular, wholly or in part, of a decomposed vegetable 
substance.
On September 19, 1917, Strohmeyer & Arpe, New York, N. Y., claimants, 
Act. The article was labeled in part, " Tomato Paste with Basilico Flag 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product should be destroyed 
by the United States marshal and that judgment for the costs of the pro- 
ceedings be entered against said claimants.
giant VBOOMAH, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,