25429. Adulteration of tomato  pulp.    U.  S.  v. Bert  Powers, Paul Powers,
Mary M. Powers, and Rodney H. Koontz (Gaston Canning: Co.) 
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25.    (F. & D. no. 35912.    Sample no. 31821-B.)
This case involved canned tomato pulp that contained excessive mold.
On October 2, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Bert Powers, Paul Powers, Mary M. 
Powers, and Rodney H. Koontz, trading as the Gaston Canning Co., Gaston, 
Ind., alleging shipment by said defendants In violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about October 11, 1934, from the State of Indiana Into the State of 
Illinois, of a quantity of tomato pulp that was adulterated. The article was 
labeled In part: "Fancy Heavy Tomato Pulp * * * Gaston Canning Com- 
pany, Gaston, Indiana."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that It consisted in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On October 22, 1935, a representative of the Gaston Canning Co., having 
authority to enter a plea, appeared and entered a plea of guilty on behalf of 
the company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.