3558. Adulteration of tomato paste.,   TJ. S. v. 74 Cases of Tomato Paste.    Consent
decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond to be 
reconditioned.    (F. D. C. No. 6888.   Sample No. 95081-E.)
On February 19, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington filed a libel against 74 cases, each containing 100 cans, of tomato
paste at Seattle, Wash.,- alleging that the article, had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about February 5, 1942, by Schwabacher Bros. & Co., Inc., from 
Oakland, Calif.; 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) "Motta Brand Extra Fancy Pure Tomato Paste Net Weight 6% Oz: 
Packed By Flotill Products Incorporated Stockton California." 
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On March 20, 1942, Flotill Products, Inc., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond to be reconditioned under the supervision of 
the Food and Drug Administration. The unfit portion was segregated and 
destroyed.