5773. Adulteration of tomatoes. U. S. * * * v. 545 Cases of Canned To- 
matoes. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased on bond.     (F. & D. No. 8176.    I. S. No. 8738-m.    S. No. B>-824.)
On March 12, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel of information praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 545 cases of canned tomatoes, consigned on or 
about January 11, 1917, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages 
at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by J. Langrall & 
Brother, Inc., Baltimore, Md., and transported from the State of Maryland into 
the State of Massachusetts, 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 of information for the 
reason that a certain substance, to wit, added water, had been mixed and 
packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and 
strength, and had been substituted in part for tomatoes.
On July 3; 1917, Aaron Smith, Boston, Mass., having filed a claim for the 
release of the product, so much of the judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 
theretofore entered as authorized the sale of the product was revoked, and it 
was ordered by the court that the product should be delivered to said claimant 
upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a good 
and sufficient bond, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.