32210. Adulteration of concentrated tomato and tomato sauce. IT. S. v. 
Thomas Page. Plea of guilty. Fine, Sl.OOO. (F. & D. No. 17061. 
I.  S. Nos. 5538-t,  5989-t, 15522-t, 15524-t.)
On April 3, 1923, the United States attorney for the Western 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 an information against Thomas 
Page, Albion, N. Y., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the 
food and drugs act, in various consignments, namely, on or about September 24, 
1921, from the State of New York into the State of Massachusetts, and on or 
about September 13, December 19, and December 29, 1921, respectively, from 
the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, of quantities of con- 
centrated tomato and tomato sauce which were adulterated. The articles were 
labeled in part, respectively: " Mt. Etna Brand * * * Concentrated To- 
mato * * * Packed By Thomas Page Albion, N. Y., U. S. A.;" "Royal 
Kitchen Brand * * * Page Tomato Sauce * * * Packed By Thomas 
Page   Albion, N. Y. U. S. A."
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that they had been made from decomposed tomatoes.
Adulteration of the articles was alleged in the information for the reason 
that they consisted in whole or in part of filthy and decomposed and putrid 
vegetable substances.
On April 17, 1923, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and on November 20, 1923, the court imposed a fine of $1,000.
HOWABD M. GOBE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.