1482. Adulteration of tomato paste.   U. S. v. 149 Cases of Tomato Paste.   Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 3700.    Sample No. 
22065-E.)
On January 23, 1941, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana filed a libel against 149 cases of tomato paste at New Orleans, La., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
December 31, 1940, by the United States Products Corporation for the account 
of the Hershel California Fruit Products Co., of San Jose, Calif., from Oakland, 
Calif.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed substance. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
"Contadina Pure Tomato Paste."
)    On March 10, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
* was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.