30079. Adulteration of tomato puree and tomato catsup.     V. S. v. 11 Cases of
Tomato Puree and 7 Cases of Tomato Catsup   (and 1 similar seizure 
action).    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
Nos. 44370,  44371, 44444.    Sample Nos. 20471-D, 20472-D, 20552-D.)
These products contained insect and worm fragments.
On or about November 18 and December 2, 1938, the United States attorney 
for the District of Arizona, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 143 cases 
of tomato puree and 7 cases of tomato catsup at Phoenix, Ariz., consigned by 
Val Vita Food Products, Inc.; alleging that the articles had been shipped in 
interstate commerce within the period from on or about April 9 to on or about 
October 4, 1938, from Fuller ton, Calif.; and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The articles were labeled in part respectively; 
144773—39 2
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On January 24, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.