5436- Adulteration of eaj Med tomatoes. U« S« * * * v. 150 Cases of 
Canned Tomatoes. Consent decree &£ eondemxEa-tlon and forfei- 
ture. Food.Act ordered released oil toomtl. (F. & T>. No. 8037. I. S. 
No, 2190-m.    S.  No.  E-799.)
On January 28, 1917, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure 
and condemnation of 150 cases of canned tomatoes, consigned by J". Langrall 
& Bro., Inc., Baltimore, Md., remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
packages at Butler, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
August 17, 1916, and October 13, 1916, and transported from the State of 
Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania, 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. Incor- 
porated, Baltimore, Md."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
contained 7 per cent of added water which had been mixed and packed there- 
with so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect Its quality and strength, 
and had been substituted in part for said article.
On February 15, 1917, George Worrall, Butler, Pa., attorney in fact for the 
said J. Langrall & Bro., Inc., claimant, having consented to a decree, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 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 bond in the sum of $500, in 
conformity with section 10 of the act.
CAEI, VBOOHAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.