14357.  Adulteration   and   misbranding:   of   canned   tomatoes.     V.   S.   v.   105 
Cases of Canned Tomatoes.     Default order of destruction entered.
(F. & D. No. 18269.    L S. No. 19348-v.    S. No. C-4017.)
On January 17, 1926, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 105 cases of/canned tomatoes, at Tiffin, Ohio, alleging that the 
article had been shipped by A. J. Lewis, Walnut Point, Va., on or about October 
5, 1923, and transported from the State of "Virginia into the State of Ohio, and j 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. j 
The article was labeled in part: (Can) "Potomac Brand Hand Packed Toma- 
toes    *    *    *   Packed By A. J. Lewis Walnut Point, Va." .        .;" ?.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance, added puree pulp or juice from skins and cores, had been mixed 
and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower or injuriously affect its quality 
or strength and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement "Hand-Packed 
Tomatoes Our Extra Quality," borne on the label, was false and misleading and 
deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further 
reason that the article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of an* 
other article. 
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On April 26, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of the court was entered, ordering destruction of the product. ,
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture, .;.-