5238. Adulteration of tomato puree.    U* S. v. Perry Canning: Company.    Plea of
guilty*    Fine, $600.     (F. D. C. No. 7695.    Sample Nos.  65990-B,  65997-E, , 
65999-E.) '.   . ~
This product contained mold, indicating the presence of decomposed material. 
On March 27, 1943^ the grand jurors of the United States in and for the DiŁ- 
, trict of Utah returned an indictment against the Perry Canning Company, a cor- 
poration, at Perry, Utah, charging shipment on or about September 27 and De- 
cember 6, 1941, from the State of Utah into the State of Colorado of a quantity 
of tomato puree that was adulterated in that it consisted in whole of in part of 
a decomposed substance.   Portions of the article were labeled in part: "Dreher's 
Tomato Puree   *¦*    *   Packed For The Dreher Pickle Co. Denver, Colorado" or 
^'Gateway Brand Tomato Puree.   *   *••'¦*   The Perry Canning Go."   The re- 
mainder of the article was unlabeled. 
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On April 28, 1943, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the de- 
fendant, the court imposed a fine of $200 on each of the 3 counts, a total "of $600,