3114. Adulteration of canned tomatoes.    TJ. S. v. 100 Cases of Canned Tomatoes.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 6394.    Sam- 
ple No. 81507-E.)
Examination showed that this product was undergoing progressive decompo- 
sition.
On December 12, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Mexico filed a libel against 100 cases, each containing 48 cans, of tomatoes at 
Santa Fe, N. Mex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about January 3 and 10, 1940, by Geo. W. Goddard Co. 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 labeled in part:. (Cans) "Ropak 
Brand Tomatoes With Puree Net Weight 14 Ounces Royal Canning Corporation 
Packers And Distributors Ogden, Utah."
On March 6,1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.