27635. Adulteration and misbranding of tomato  juice.     U. 8.  v.  51  Cases  of
Canned Tomato Juice.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. No. 39922.   Sample No. 41235-C.)
This product contained added water.
On June 26, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Idaho, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 51 cases of canned tomato juice at Idaho 
Falls, Idaho, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about May 13, 1937, by Varney Canning, Inc., from Roy, Utah, and charg- 
ing adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs, Act The 
article was labeled in part: (Cans) "Leota Brand Tomato Juice. * * * 
Varney Canning Inc. Roy, Utah.
It was alleged to be adulterated in that water had been mixed and packed 
with it so as to reduce or lower its quality or strength and had been substituted 
wholly or in part for tomato juice, which it purported to be.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Tomato 
Juice" was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser 
when applied to an article containing added water.
On August 10, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.