6217.  Adultd-ation of grapefruit.   ? V. S.    *    *    *   v. 800 Boxes of Grapefruit.?
Default    decree    o?    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. S842.     I. S. No. 8429-p.     S. No. C-826.)
On February 20, 3918, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Missouri, 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?
unbroken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about January 12, 1918, by the W. D. Home Packing Co., Home??
stead, Fla., and transported from the State of Florida into the State of Mis??
souri, 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?
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 13, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
G. I. .CHRISTIE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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