26180. Adulteration of tomato paste. U. S. v. 249 Cases of Tomato Paste. 
Decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 86131. Sample 
no. 26888-B.)
This case involved tomato paste that contained, filth resulting from worm 
infestation.
On or about August 14, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 249 cases of 
tomato paste at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 20, 1935, by the Howard Terminal, from 
Oakland, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
The article was labeled in part: "G. F. & D. Brand Tomato Paste with 
Basil * * * Packed Expressly for Galanidis, Forchas and Dourus, Inc., 
Norfolk, Virginia."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On January 15, 1936, the Manteca Canning Co., having filed an answer to the 
libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the 
product be destroyed.
HAEBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.