6165. Adulteration and misbranding of tomato paste.     V. S. v. 20 Cases of Tomato
Paste.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No.
12163.    Sample No. 51996-F.)
LIBEL FILED :  April 10,1944, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about December 2, 1943, by the Orleans County Can- 
ning Co., from Albion, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 20 cases, each containing 100 cans, of tomato paste, at Newtonville, 
Mass.
LABEL, IN PART :  "Dale King Packed Tomato Paste With Basil." 
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a)   (8), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
Misbranding, Section 403(g) (1), it purported to be and was represented as 
tomato paste, a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been 
prescribed-by regulations, and it failed to conform to the definition and stand- 
ard since it contained less than 25 percent of salt-free solids. 
DISPOSITION; June 5, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.