24362. Adulteraton   of   tomato   paste.    TJ.   S.   v.   "West   Coast   Packing   Cor¬
poration.    Plea of nolo contendere.     Fine, $30.     (F. & D. no. 33811, 
Sample nos. 67251-A, 67814-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of tomato paste that con- 
tained excessive mold.
On February 7. 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in- 
the district court an information against the West Coast Packing Corpora- 
tion, Long Beach, Calif., alleging shipment by said company in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on or about December 23, 1933, from the State of 
California into the State of New York of a quantity of tomato paste which 
was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: "Marca Seemano Brand; 
Salsa Di Pomidoro Tomato Paste * * * Distributors—Seeman Bros. Inc. 
New York."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 4, 1935, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of the 
defendant company and the court imposed a fine of $30.
M. L. WILSON-, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.