5414.  Adulteration of  tomatoes.     TI.   S.   *    *    *   v.   20   Cases   of   Tomatoes,
Default    tlecree    of    condemnation?    forfeiture,    and    destruction, 
(F. & D. No. 7959.    I. S. No. 1725-m.    S. No. E-789.)
On January 9, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 20 cases, each containing 2 dozen cans of tomatoes, consigned 
by J. Langrall & Bro., Inc., Baltimore, Md., remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Allentown, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about November 25, 1916, and transported from the State of Maryland 
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Maryland Chief 
Tomatoes * * *. Packed by J. Langrall & Bro., Incorporated, Baltimore, 
Md."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that added 
water had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and 
injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part 
for tomatoes.
On January 31, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CAUL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.