C040. Adulteration of tomato pulp. IT. S. * * * v. William B.* Mantik?
and Frank Mantik (Mantik Packing Co.). Pleas of guilty. Fine,?
$15 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 8562.    I. S. Nos. 2045-m, 2046-m, 3103-m.)
On January 29, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
the United States for said district an information against William B. Mantik?
and Frank Mantik, copartners, trading as the Mantik Packing Co., Baltimore,?
Md., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food 'and Drugs?
Act, on or about November 20, 1916, December 2, 1916, and October 7, 1916, from?
the State of Maryland into the States of New Jersey (two first-mentioned ship??
ments) and Rhode Island (last-mentioned shipment), of a quantity of an article?
labeled in part, " Highland Square Brand Tomato Pulp " or " Buxton Brand?
Tomato Pulp," which was adulterated.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that the tomato pulp was made from rotten and moldy tomatoes.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was alleged in the information for?
the reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and?
putrid vegetable substance.
On January 29,1918, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $15 and costs.
OAEL YBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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