5915, Adulteration of tomato pulp. U. S. * * * v. Joseph S. Morgan 
(Seottsfourg Canning Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $100 and costs. 
(F. & D. No. 7845.    I. S. Nos. 10499-1, 12708-1, 12710-1, 14568-Ic.)
On December 15, 1917, the Grand Jurors of the United States within and for 
the District of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
upon presentment by the United States attorney for said district, returned an 
indictment in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid 
against Joseph S. Morgan, trading as the Scottsburg Canning Co., Scottsburg, 
Ind., charging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about May 8, 1915, and October 4, 1915 (2 shipments), from the 
State of Indiana into the State of Illinois, and on or about October 29, 1915, 
from the State of Indiana into the State of Missouri, of quantities of an article 
labeled variously in part, *' Old Mammy's Brand Tomato Pulp," " Scott Co. 
Brand Whole Tomato Pulp," and " Our Silent Salesman Tomato Pulp," which 
was adulterated.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed each product to be partially decomposed.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was charged in the indictment 
for the reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable 
substance.
On January 9, 1918, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the indictment, 
and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
C. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.