F. ft D. No. 2555. I. S. No. 12412-c. Issued February 24, 1912. United States Department of Agriculture, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1268. (fcUfen pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drags Act.) ADULTEBATION OF TOMATO PULP. On October 6, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District of? Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,? filed information in the District Court of the United States for? said district against Charles G. Summers & Co. (Inc.), Baltimore,? Md., alleging shipment by it, in violation of the Food and Drugs? Act, on or about November 30, 1910, from the State of Mandand? into the State of Kentucky of 200 cases of tomato pulp which was? adulterated. The product was labeled: "4 Dozen No. 1 Conqueror? Brand Tomato Pulp. Chas. G. Summers & Co., Incorporated,? Jessup, Md." (Stencil) " Chas. G. Summers, Jessup, Md., Wahking,? Louisville, Ky." (On can) " Conqueror Brand Tomato Pulp for? soup; Farms and Factory, Jessup, Md. Office, Baltimore, Md.? (Guaranty Legend) Serial No. 16559. Tomato Pulp for soup.? Conqueror Brand. Trade Mark Registered. Charles G. Summers? & Co., Canners, Distributers, Baltimore, Md." Examination of a sample of said product made b3' the Bureau of? Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture showed? it to contain yeasts and spores at the rate of 45 per one-sixtieth cmm.,? bacteria, 500,000,000 per cc, with mold filaments in 56 per cent of? the microscopic fields examined. Adulteration was alleged for the? reason that the product consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed,? and putrid vegetable substance, as shown by the aforesaid analysis. On October 6,1911, the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $10. JAMES WILSON,? Secretary of Agricultwe,? WASHINGTON, D. C, January 6, 1912. 24092??No. 1268?13