2249. Adulteration of tomato paste.    IT.  S. v.  197 Cartons and 204 Cartons of
Tomato Paste.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F.
D. C. Nos. 3451, 3452.    Sample Nos. 19965-E, 19969-E.)
On December 2, 1940, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania filed libels against 401 cartons, each containing 10 cans,;,of 
tomato paste at Bradford, Pa,, alleging that the article had been shipped?in 
interstate commerce within the period from^on or about September 16 to 
on or about October 2,1940, by the Helen Packing Corporation from North Collins, 
N. Y.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in
part of a decomposed substance.   The article was labeled in part:  (Cans) "Net 
Wt. 6'Oz. Ital-Ama Brand Tomato Paste with Sweet Basil."
On August 14 and 22, 1941, no claimant having appeared; judgments {"of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed;       ='