5298.  Adulteration of grapefruit.    V. S.     *     *     *     v. 44 Boxes of Grapefruit. 
Default decree  of condemnation,  forfeiture,  and destruction.     (F.
& D. No. 7733.    I. S. No. 2505-m.    S. No. E-694.)
On October 2,1916, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New 
York, 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 condem- 
nation of 44 boxes of grapefruit, remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about September 27, 1916, by R. D. Day, San Juan, Porto Rico, and transported 
from the Island of Porto Rico into the State of New York, and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was 
sweated to color it in a manner to simulate mature fruit; and for the further 
reason that it was colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
On October 17, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.