5725, Adulteration of tomatoes. IT. S. * * * v. 730 Cases of * * * 
Tomatoes, Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released on bond. (F. & D. No. 7957. I. S. No. 12424-m. S. No. 
C-620.)
On January 9, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, 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 730 cases of tomatoes, remaining unsold in 
the original unbroken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about November 1, 1916, by Oliver W. Hubbard, East 
New Market, Md., and transported from the State of Maryland into the State 
of Louisiana, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part, " Cloverdale Brand Tomatoes, packed 
by    *    *    *    Oliver W.* Hubbard."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea- 
son that a large amount of 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 18, 1917, the said Oliver W. Hubbard, 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 the said claimant 
upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.