NOTICE  OF JUDGMENT  NO. 2197.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION  OF  CANNED  TOMATOES.
On November 4, 1912, 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 an 
information against the W. F. Assau Canning Co. (Inc.), Baltimore, 
Md., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on October 12, 1911, from the State of Maryland into 
the State of Louisiana, of a quantity of canned tomatoes which were 
adulterated. The product was labeled: (On can) "High Grade 
Brand Tomatoes—Packed by W. F. Assau Canning Co., Baltimore, 
Md.—Empty contents into a dish as soon as can is opened."
Analysis of samples of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results:
Can No. 1. Can No. 2.
Per cent. Per cent.
Solids 
3.74 3.73
Reducing sugars invert 
2. 24 1. 67
Acidity as citric acid 
22 .29
Solids in juice 
3. 51 3.47
Reducing sugars invert in juice 
2. 26 1. 80
The analysis indicates that this product contains at least 15 per 
cent of added water. Adulteration of the product was alleged in 
the information for the reason that a certain substance, to wit, 
water, had been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce, lower, 
and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and for the further 
reason that a certain substance, to wit, water, had been substituted 
in part for tomatoes.
On November 4, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of 
guilty to the information and the court imposed a fine of $5.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 11, 1913.
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