20134. Misbranding of tomato juice.   U. S. v. 2,230 Cases * * *.    (F. D. C.
No. 30344.   Sample No. 65448-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :   January 3, 1951, Northern District of Illinois. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about August 3,1950, by the Atwater Packing Corp., 
from Atwater, Calif.
PRODUCT: 2,230 cases, each containing 48 cans, of tomato juice at Chicago, Ill. 
Examination showed that the article was a heavy tomato puree which, when 
diluted according to directions, contained materially less vitamin C than was 
present in tomato juice.
LABEL, IN PART: (Can) "Adwater Brand Concentrated California Tomato 
Juice Contents: 7 Oz. Avoir. 1 can Adwater concentrate 4-3% cans cold 
water—Quart Pure Tomato Juice."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the name, of the article 
"Concentrated * * * Tomato Juice" and the label designation "Pure 
Tomato Juice" were false and misleading since the article when reconstituted 
as directed did not have the nutritional properties of tomato juice in that the 
vitamin C content was materially less than would be present in tomato juice. 
Further misbranding, Section 403 (g) (2), the article purported to be tomato 
puree, a food for which a definition and standard of identity has-been pre- 
scribed by regulations, and the label of the article failed to bear, as required 
by such regulations, the name of the food specified in the definition and 
standard.
DISPOSITION : January 29, 1952. The Atwater Packing Corp., claimant, having 
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the court ordered that the product be released under bond for relabeling under 
the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.