27937. Adulteration of canned tomato paste.    U. S. v. 22 Gases of Tomato Paste.
Default decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D. No.  40057. 
Sample No. 46502-C.)
This product contained excessive mold.
On August 11, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 cases of tomato 
paste at Youngstown, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about June 25, 1937, by the Fredonia Salsina Canning 
Co., Inc., from Fredonia, N. Y., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Blue Bird 
Brand Fancy Paste of Tomatoes * * * Packed by Fredonia Salsina Can- 
ning Co. Inc."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On October 21, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered ordering the product destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.