K355.  Adulteration of tomatoes.    IT. S.   *   *    *   v. 1,000 Cases of Canned To- 
matoes.    *    *    *   Consent   decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.
Product released on bond.     (F. & D. No. 7855.    I. S. No. 6250-ni.    S. No.
E-749.)
On November 15, 1916, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of New York, 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 1,000 cases of canned tomatoes, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about November 8, 1916, by the Waterview Packing Co., Waterview, Va., 
and were being transported from the State of Virginia into the Dominion of 
Canada, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted, in part of added water in such quantities as to lower and injuriously 
affect its quality and strength.
On December 18, 1916, a decree of condemnation and forfeiture having been 
entered on December 12, 1916, and the said Waterview Packing Co., claimant, 
having paid the costs of the proceedings and executed a bond in the sum of 
$2,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, it was ordered by the court that 
the product should be released to said claimant.
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.