27169. Adulteration of tomato pulp.    U. S. v. Vallonia Canning Co., a corpora¬
tion.     Plea   of  guilty.     Fine,   $25.      (F.   &  D.   no.   38660.     Sample   no. 
21497-C.)
This case involved tomato pulp that contained worm and insect fragments 
and evidence of tomato rot.
On April 21. 1937, 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 Vallonia Canning Co., a corporation, 
Vallonia, Ind., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act on or about November 9, 1936, from the State of Indiana into the 
State of Missouri of a quantity of tomato pulp that was adulterated.
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy, decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 21, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.