3753. Adulteration of canned tomatoes.    IT. S. v. 91 Cases of Canned Tomatoes.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D, C. No. 7349. Sam- 
ple No. 90395-E.)
Examination showed that this product was undergoing progressive spoilage.
On April 16,1942, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont filed 
a libel against 91 cases, each containing 6 cans, of tomatoes at Brattleboro, Vt., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
August 8, 1941, by A. W. Sisk & Son from Snow Hill, Md.; and charging that it 
was adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a decomposed substance. 
The article was labeled in. part: "Chief Cook Brand Tomatoes. Net Contents 6 
Lbs. 6 Oz. [or "6 Lbs. 4 Oz."] The Wm. Silver Co., Inc. [or W. Silver & Co."], 
Aberdeen, Maryland, U. S. A. Distributors."
On June 8, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
Nos. 3754 to 3756 report the seizure and disposition of canned tomatoes that 
were substandard in quality because of the presence of excessive peel. One 
brand of tomatoes described in No. 3754 also contained an excessive number of 
blemishes.