11171.?Adulteration and. misbranding; of tomato paste.    U. S. v. New Cen?
tral Canning- Co., Inc.. a Corporation.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $100.
(F. & D. No. 14361.    I. S. No. 9506-r.)
On June 15, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against the?
New Central Canning Co., Inc., a corporation, trading at Los Angeles, Calif.,?
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
as amended, on or about December 29, 1919, from the State of California into?
the State of Louisiana, of a quantity of tomato paste which was adulterated?
and misbranded.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it had been made from partially decayed tomatoes.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable?
substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package?
form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously?
marked on the outside of the package.
On December 1, 1922, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on?
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.