5818."  Adulteration of tomatoes  and  oysters.'  U.  S.     *     *      *     v.  J. L.aiigra.11 
and Brother, a  corporation.     Plea of guilty.     Fine, $75  and  costs.
(F. & D. No. 8309.     I. S. Nos. 1725-m, 2190-m, 21590-m.)
On September 14, 19:17, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against J. Langrall 
and Bro., a corporation, doing business at Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment 
by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about Novem- 
ber 25, 1916, and August 16, 1916, from the State of Maryland into the State of 
Pennsylvania, of quantities of an article labeled in part, " Maryland Chief 
Tomatoes," and on January 15, 1917, from the State of Maryland into the State 
of Colorado, of a quantity of oysters, both of which articles were adulterated.
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that the shipments of tomatoes on November 25, 1916, and, August 
16, 1916, and the shipment of oysters on January 15, 1917, contained added 
water.
Adulteration of both shipments of the tomatoes was alleged in substance in 
the information for the reason that a substance, to wit, added water, had 
been mixed and packed therewith so as to lower or reduce and injuriously 
affect its quality, and had been substituted in part for tomatoes, which the 
article purported to be.
Adulteration of the. oysters was alleged in substance for the reason- that a 
substance, to wit, added water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to lower or reduce and injuriously affect its quality, and had been substituted 
in part for oysters, which the article purported to be.
On September 14, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to 
the information, and the court imposed a fine of $75 and costs.
CAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary 'of Agriculture.