S:!5(5. Adulteration and inisfiraiiilins of canned tomatoes. V. S. 9 * * v.?
S50 Cases of Gold Bond Brand Hand Packed Tomatoes. Consent de??
cree  of condemnation and forfeiture.     Product released  on  bond.
(F. & D. No. llSl.'J.    I. S. No. 2(5-r.    S. No. E-1877.)
On December 13, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of New?
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of a certain quantity of a certain article, labeled in part " Gold?
Bond Brand Hand Packed Tomatoes Packed by Monumental Canning Co.?
* * * Baltimore, Md.," at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the article had?
been shipped on or about October S, 1919, by the Monumental Canning Co.,?
Baltimore, Md., and transported from the State of Maryland into the State of?
New Jersey, and charging adulteration and misbranding An violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel in that water had been?
mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously?
affect its quality and strength. Further adulteration was alleged in that water?
had been substituted in whole or in part for the article.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in that the statement on the label at??
tached to the cans containing the article, to wit, " Gold Bond Brand Hand?
Packed Tomatoes," was false and misleading and deceived and misled the pur??
chaser into the belief that the article was canned tomatoes, whereas it was a?
product containing added water. Further misbranding was alleged in that the?
article was sold under the distinctive name of another article.
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On February 13, 1920, the Monumental Canning Co. Inc., having consented?
to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,?
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the claimant?
upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the fding of a bond, in?
conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BAT.T.
 Acting Secretary of Agriculture.