1503. Adulteration of tomato juice.    U. S. v. 20, 65, 35, and 110 Cases of Tomato
Juice.     Default decree   of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No.
2171.    Sample Nos. 13172-E to 13175-B, Incl.)
This product contained excessive mold, indicating the presence of decomposed 
material.
On June 11, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Idaho filed a 
libel against a total of 230 cases of tomato juice at Moscow, Idaho, alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 17, 1939, 
by the Royal Canning Corporation from Ogden, Utah; and charging that it was 
adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. 
The article was variously labeled in part: "Royal Club Fancy Tomato 
Juice * * * Packed for Mason Ehrman and Co. Portland Oregon"; "IGA 
Tomato Juice * * * Packed for Independent Grocers Alliance Distributing 
Company New York-Chicago-San Francisco."
On May 14, 1941, the claimant having withdrawn its answer, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.