6644. Adulteration  of  orangres.     U?   S. .  *      *     *     v.  25  Cases  of Ora?g?g. 
JDefatj.lt    decree    of   condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 7384.    I. S. No. 20231-1.    S. No. W-75.)
On November, 27, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of Hawaii, 
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 con- 
demnation of 25 cases of oranges, consigned on or about November 17, 1915, 
by Wellhank & Co., San Francisco, Gal., remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at Hilo, Hawaii, alleging that the article had been shipped 
and transported from the State of California into the Territory of Hawaii, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the oranges were gathered before mature and 
were sweated for the purpose of giving them the appearance of ripe and 
mature oranges, whereas, as a matter of fact, they were green and immature, 
and their inferiority was concealed by said treatment, said oranges being im- 
mature and unripe and having been treated as herein shown, would if 
eaten or consumed, especially by children, produce serious disturbances of the 
digestive system.
On January 18, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.