6316. Adulteration of grapefruit. U. S. * * * v. 169 Boxes of Grape- 
fruit. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Good 
portion   ordered   released.     Unfit   portion   destroyed.      (F.   &  D.   No.
7770.    S. No. E-709.)
On October 16, 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 condemnation of 169 boxes of grapefruit, alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about October 12, 1916, by R. D. Day, San Juan, P. R., and 
transported from the Island of Porto Rico into the State of New York, and 
charging adulteration 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 con- 
cealed.
On October 19, 1916, Curran, Robertson & Co., New York, N. Y., claimant, 
having consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be sorted under the 
supervision of this department and that the good portion should be released 
to said claimant. On October 27, 1916, it was further ordered that the unfit 
portion should be destroyed.
R. A. PEABSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
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