12981. Adulteration of tomato  sauce and tomato puree.    V. S. v. 428 Cases of
Tomato Sauce (and 6 other seizure actions against tomato sauce and 
one lot of tomato puree). (F. D. C. Nos. 20593, 20614, 20725, 20846 to 
20849, incl. Sample Nos. 23700-H, 49611-H, 49612-H, 49614-H, 49616-H, 
49823-H, 65354-H, 65355-H.)
LIBELS FILED: Between the dates of July 29 and September 7, 1946, Eastern 
and Western Districts of Louisiana and Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of June 5 and 14, 1946, by 
the Montgomery Canning Co., from Mission, Tex.
PRODUCT: Tomato sauce. 428 cases at New Orleans, 149 cases at Shreveport, 
361 cases at Monroe, 276 cases at West Monroe, and 96 cases at Minden, La.; 
and 22 cases at Philadelphia, Pa.
Tomato puree.   13 cases at Philadelphia, Pa.
Each case of tomato sauce contained 72 7%-ounce cans, and each case of 
tomato puree contained 6 6-pound, 8-ounce Kans. Examination of both articles 
showed that they contained fly eggs and maggots.
LABEL IN PART: "Montgomery Spanish Style Tomato Sauce," or "Bohannon 
Tomato Puree."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the articles consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had 
been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : Between the dates of September 10 and December 13, 1946. No 
claimant having appeared for any of the lots, judgments of condemnation were 
entered and the lots at Monroe and West Monroe were ordered delivered to 
public institutions, for use as animal feed. The remaining lots were ordered 
destroyed.