5768. Adulteration of grapefruit. V. S. * * * v. 300 Boxes of Grape- 
fruit. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 8150.    I. S. No. 12079-m.     S. No. C-669.)
On March 5, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, 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 300 boxes of grapefruit, remaining unsold In the original un- 
broken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on February 22, 1917, by Alexander & Baird, Deland, Fla., and transported 
from the State of Florida into the State of Louisiana, and charging adulter- 
ation in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
was rotten and consisted of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid substance.
On March 22, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
for condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CABL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.