6930. Adulteration of orangps. U. S. * * * v. Welbank? & Co., a corpora??
tion. Tried to the court. Adjudged guilty. Fine, $100. (F. & D.?
No. 7658.     I.  S. No.  20231-1 )
On October 28, 1916, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
Welbanks & Co., a corporation, San Francisco, Cal., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 16,?
1915, from the State of California into the Territory of Hawaii, of a quantity?
of oranges which were adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Density of juice (degrees Brix)?
10.32
Acidity, as anhydrous citric acid  (per cent)?
    1.50
Ratio of 6.88 parts soluble solids to 1 part acid. Flavor of?
the oranges was very sour, and their color was 90 per cent of?
full coloration.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that it consisted of an inferior product, to wit, unripe oranges, which had been?
colored in a manner whereby their inferiority to ripe oranges was concealed.
On August 30, 1918, the case having come on for hearing before the court,?
the defendant was adjudged guilty. On September 27, 3919, the case having?
come on for final disposition, the court imposed a fine of $100.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.