1625. Adulteration of   tomato   paste.     U.   S.  v.   Turlock   Cooperative   Growers.
Plea of  guilty.     Fine,   $500.     (F.   D.  C.   No.  2888.    Sample Nos. 10814-B, 
12464-B, 12597-E, 12953-B, 56488-D, 72956-D.)
One of these shipments contained mold, indicating the presence of decomposed 
material; three contained worm and insect fragments, and in one shipment both 
conditions were found.
On January 7, 1941, the United States attorney for the Northern.District of 
California filed an information against the Turlock Cooperative Growers, a 
corporation, Modesto, Calif., alleging delivery for introduction in interstate 
commerce within the period from on or about January 19 to on or about April 2, 
1940, from the State of Califoria into the States of Texas, New York, Virginia, and 
Massachusetts of quantities of tomato paste that was adulterated. The article 
was labeled in part: "Firenze Brand Tomato Paste."
Adulteration was alleged with respect to one of the shipments in that it con- 
sisted in whole and in part of a decomposed substance, with respect to three 
of the shipments in that they consisted in whole and in part of a filthy substance, 
and with respect to the remaining shipment in that it consisted in whole and in 
part of a filthy and decomposed substance.
On February 21, 1941, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
defendant, the court imposed a fine of $500.