7848. Adulteration of tomato  puree and tomato paste.    U.  S. v.  349 Cases of
Tomato Puree   (and 4 other seizure  actions against tomato puree and 
tomato    paste).    Default   decrees   of   condemnation   and    destruction.
(F. D. C. Nos. 14405, 14413, 14415,14416, 14442.    Sample Nos. 78275-F, 78276-B', 
78278-F, 92922-F to 92924-F, incl., 92930-F.) 
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LIBELS FILED :   Between on or about November 8 and 20, 1944, District of Mary*
land and Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   Between on or about October 10 and 17, 1944, by the Uddo
and Taormina Co., from Vineland, N. J. 
PRODUCT:   391 cases, each containing 24 cans, of tomato puree, and 64 cases, each
containing 100 cans, of tomato paste at Baltimore, Md.; and 21 cases, each
containing 24 cans, of tomato puree, and 70 cases, each containing 100 cans, of
tomato paste at Philadelphia, Pa. 
LABEL IN PART:    (Cans)   "Mountain Beauty    Contents 1 Lb. 12 Oz.    Tomato
Puree [or "Contents 6% Ozs. Avoir. Tomato Paste"] Packed For La Sierra
Heights Canning Co., Inc., Buena Park,  California,"  or "Mountain Beauty
Contents 6 Ozs. Avoir.   Tomato Paste."
VIOLATION CHARGED : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of decomposed substances.
DISPOSITION : Between December 5 and 14, 1944. No claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered de- 
stroyed.