"10376. Adulteration of oranges. U. S. * * * v. 462 Boxes of Oranges. 
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product distributed to 
cbaritable institutions. (F. & D. No. 15791. I. S. No. 11193-t. S. No. 
W-1059.)
On March 27, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Washington, 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 462 boxes of oranges, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Spokane, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Riverside Heights Orange Growers Assoc, Riverside, Calif., March 7, 1922,
.and transported from the State of California into the State of Washington, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Pepper Leaf Brand, Riverside Heights Orange Growers 
Association, Riverside, Calif., W. Navel."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the
?reason that it consisted wholly or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance. 
On April 3, 1922, the Riverside Heights Orange Growers Assoc, Riverside,
?Calif., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of con- 
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be released to said claimant upon payment of the costs of the
'proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, in conformity
>with section 10 of the act. Subsequently, it having been found impracticable 
to separate the good from the bad oranges, they were distributed to various
?charitable institutions in Spokane, Wash., and the bond was ordered dis- 
charged.
C. W. PUGSLET, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.