18484. Adulteration of tomato paste.   U. S. v. 749 Cases    *    *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 32465.    Sample No. 3224-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    January 28, 1952, Eastern District of Virginia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 15,1951, by the Catz American Co., from 
New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 749 cases, each containing 50 30-ounce cans, of tomato paste at 
Richmond, Va.
LABEL IN PART : (Can) "Gschwindt Extrait de tomatoes * * * Hungarian 
Tomato Paste."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of decomposed tomato material.
DISPOSITION : April 4, 1952. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to a public institution, with the provision 
that the intact cans of the product be used for animal feed and that the ruptured 
or otherwise unfit cans be destroyed.