77355. Adulteration of canned tomatoes. U. S. * * * v. 50 Cases of Canned Tosaatoee. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- struction. (F. & D. No. 12543. I. S. No. 17487-r. S. No. E-2030.) On April 7, 1920, 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 a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 50 cases of canned tomatoes, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about December 13, 1919, from Norwich, Conn., and transported from the State of Connecticut into the State of Maryland, and charging adulteration in viola- tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, " Thomas' Best Brand Tomatoes Contents Weigh 2 lbs. Packed by W. J. Thomas & Co., Evans, W. Va., The Thomas Farm." Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance. On May 21, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. E. D. BAIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.