5445. Adulteration of tomato sauce. IT. S. * * * ~v. "William H. Valliant 
(W. H. Valliant & Bro.). Plea, of nolo contendere. Fine, §35. 
(F. & D. No. 8067.    I. S. No. 1818-m.)
On March 16, 1917, 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 William H. 
Valliant, doing business as W. H. Valliant & Bro., Bellevue, Md., alleging ship- 
ment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
October 4, 1916, from the State of Maryland into the State of New York, of 
a quantity of an article labeled in part: '" Tomato Sauce Serto Brand," which 
was adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that the product was made from decomposed tomatoes.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On March 16, 1917, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $35.
CABL YBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.