13999. Adulteration of canned tomatoes. TJ. S. v. 1,248 Cases of Canned 
Tomatoes. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (P. & D. No. 20534. I. S. No, 5343-x. S. No. 
E-5524.)
On October 28, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Mass- 
achusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 1,248 cases of canned tomatoes, remaining in
the original unbroken packages at Worcester, Mass., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by Thomas Roberts & Co., Inc., from Thurmont, 
Md., September 24, 1925, and transported from the State of Maryland into 
the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Thurmont Brand 
Tomatoes    *    *    *   Packed by Thurmont Canning Co. Thurmont,  Md."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On December 2, 1925, Max Segal, Worcester, Mass., having appeared as 
claimant for the property and having filed a satisfactory bond, in conformity 
with section 10 of the act, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it 
was ordered by the court that the product might be released to the said 
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.