80681. Adulteration of canned tomato paste.    U. S. v. Eight Cases of Tomato
Paste.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No.
43627.    Sample No. 24090-D.)
This product contained excessive mold.
On September 8, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of eight cases of canned 
tomato paste at Columbus, Ohio; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about July 30,1938, from Fredonia, N. Y., by Fredonia 
Salsina Canning Co., Inc.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Sky-Lark Brand Tomato 
Paste."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed and filthy vegetable substance.
On May 4, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HAEET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.