5837. Adulteration of tomatoes. IT. S. * * * v. la Cases of Tomatoes. 
Default decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product ordered 
sold or destroyed.    (F. & D. No. 7812.    I. S. No. 1717-m.    S. No. E-724.)
On October 30, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Con- 
necticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 100 eases, each containing 2 dozen cans of tomatoes, remain- 
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages at Waterbury, Conn., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on or about August 10, 1916, by the Webster- 
Butterfield Co. (Inc.), Baltimore, Md., and transported from the State of Mary- 
land into the State of Connecticut, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Southern Queen 
Brand Tomatoes Packed by Webster-Butterfield Co. Incorporated, Baltimore, 
Md. U. S. A.    *    *    *."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was 
mixed and packed with added water, which had been substituted in part for 
said article so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and 
strength.
On January 5, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the article should be sold by the United States marshal, or if not sold, 
destroyed.
B,. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.