4650. Adulteration of tomato paste.    V. S. v. 50 Cases and 10 Cases of Tomato
paste.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. Nos.
7884, 7998.    Sample Nos. 72641-E, 12902-F.)
On July 13 and 27,1942, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon 
filed libels against 60 cases of tomato paste at Portland, Oreg. On August 7, 
1942, the libel filed on July 13 was amended. The libels alleged that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce from Los Angeles, Calif;, the former 
shipment for Bireley's, Inc., on or about June 15, 1942, and the latter shipment 
by Bireley's, Inc., on or about July 8,1942; and charged that it was adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. The article was 
labeled in part: "Tomato Paste * * * Bireley's * * * Base for. Tomato 
Cocktail."
On September 8, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.