4652. Adulteration of tomato puree;   IT. S. v. Salem County Canners, Inc.   Plea of
guilty.    Pine,  $400.    (F. D.  C.  No;  7666.    Sample Nos.  59091-B,  84708-H, 
89021-E. 89036-E.)
On September 9, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey filed an information against the Salem County Canners, Inc., Trenton, 
N. J., alleging delivery for shipment within the period from on or about October 
24, 1941, to on or about January 5,1942, from the State of New Jersey into the 
State of New York and the District of Columbia, of quantities of tomato puree 
which was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed, 
substance. The article was labeled in part: "Empress Brand Tomato-Puree 
F. H. Leggett & Co. Distributors New York, N. Y.," or "O. K. Brand * * '*-, 
Tomato Puree   Packed by Fogg & Hires Co.   Salem N. J."
On March 12, 1943, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
defendant, the court imposed a fine of $400