NOTICE   OF  JUDGMENT  NO. 2202.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION   OF  CANNED  TOMATOES.
On November 4, 1912, the United States Attorney for the District 
of Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district an 
information against William H. Roberts, James H. Roberts, Oliver 
P. Roberts, Samuel H. Roberts, and James O. Langrall. Roberts, 
copartners, trading as Roberts Bros., Baltimore, Md., alleging 
shipment by them, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on October 
3, 1911, from the State of Maryland into the State of Louisiana, 
of a quantity of canned tomatoes which were adulterated. The 
product was labeled: (On shipping case) "2 doz., No. 2. Roberts 
Bros., Big R Brand Trade Mark, Tomatoes, Baltimore, Md., S. Bros. 
Co., New Orleans, La." (On can) "Big R Brand Hand Packed 
Tomatoes. Our finest Quality Tomatoes, Big R Brand, Hand 
Packed for Roberts Bros.    Main Office, Baltimore, Md."
Analysis of samples of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: (Can No. 1) Solids, 
3.85 per cent; reducing sugars, invert, 1.58 per cent; acidity, as citric 
acid, 0.32 per cent; solids in juice, 3.30 per cent; reducing sugars, 
invert in juice, 1.59 per cent. (Can No. 2) Solids, 3.86 per cent; 
reducing sugars, invert, 1.57 per cent; acidity, as citric acid, 0.37 
per cent; solids in juice, 3.60 per cent; reducing sugars, invert in 
juice, 1.58 per cent. (Can No. 3) Solids, 3.77 per cent; reducing 
sugars, invert, 1.28 per cent; acidity, as citric acid, 0.32 per cent; 
solids in juice, 3.20 per cent; reducing sugars, invert in juice, 1.35 per 
cent. (Can No. 4) Salt, 0.20 per cent. The analysis indicates that 
this product contains at least 15 per cent of added water.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the 
reason that a certain substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and 
packed with it so as' to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality
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and strength, and for the further reason that a certain substance, 
to wit, water, had been substituted in part for tomatoes.
On November 4, 1912, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of 
defendants and the court imposed a fine of $5.
W. M. HATS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 14, 1913.
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