7557. Adulteration of tomatoes.    U. S.     *     *     *    v. S93 Cases of Canned To 
matoes. Conseiit decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
ordered released on bond. (F. & D. Nos. 11514, 11515. I. S. No. 
15941-r.   S.  No   E-1860.)
On November 20, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, 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 893 cases of tomatoes, consigned by the Andrews 
Packing Co., from Linwood, Md., remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on 
or about October 7, 1919, and transported from the State of Maryland into the 
State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, "Asquith Brand Tomatoes * * * 
Packed by Andrews Packing Co. Salem, Md."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that water 
had been mixed and packed therewith, and substituted wholly or in part for 
the article.
On December 22, 1919, Albert W. Sisk and A. Fletcher Sisk, trading as 
A. W. Sisk & Co., Preston, Md., claimant, having admitted the allegations of 
the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to said claimant upon the 
payment of tlie costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $3,600, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.