6710.?Adultex-ation of tomatoes.    II. S.    *    *    *   v. Joseph C. Sterling-, George
T.  Corbin,  and  John  T. Handy  (J.  T.  Handy Co.).     Flea  of guilty.?
Fine, $20 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 9055.    I. S. Nos. 1210-p, 2360-p, 3405-p,?
3406-p.)
On December 5, 1918, 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 Joseph O.?
Sterling, George T. Corbin, and John T. Handy, trading under the name of?
J. T, Handy Co., Crisfield, Md , alleging shipment by said defendants in vio??
lation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about September 13, 1917; November?
10, 1917; October 26, 1917; and November 1, 1917, from the State of Maryland?
into the States of Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, respectively, the?
two last-named shipments being to Virginia, of quantities of tomatoes which?
were adulterated. The article in the first-named shipment was labeled In?
part, " Polo Brand Tomatoes," and in the other shipments, " Riverside Brand?
Tomatoes."
Analysis of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed from the immersion refractometer readings of the ."juice at?
20? C, the addition of water to the tomatoes.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was alleged in the information?
for the reason that a substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed?
therewith so as to lower or reduce and injuriously affect its quality and?
strength, and had been substituted in part for tomatoes, which the article pur??
ported to be.
On December 5, 1918, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $20 and costs.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agnculhirc.