10401. Adulteration of oranges. U. S. * * * v. 403 Cases * * * of 
Oranges. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
net released under bond. (F. & D. No. 16096. I. S. No. 3921-t. S. No. 
C-3478.)
On March 6, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, 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 463 cases of oranges, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Oklahoma City, Okla., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the California Fruit Growers Exchange, from Highland, Calif., 
on or about February 24, 1922, and transported from the State of California 
into the State of Oklahoma, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, respectively: " Grove 
Brand, Washington Navels, Packed by Highland Fruit Growers Association, 
Highland * * * California"; and " Cactus Brand Washington Navels, 
Packed by Highland Fruit Growers Association    *    *    * '?'
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 March 10, 1922, the California Fruit Growers Exchange, claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the 
entry of a decree for the condemnation and forfeiture of the property, judg- 
ment of the court was entered finding the product adulterated and ordering 
that it be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the pro- 
ceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,000, in conformity with 
section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the car containing the product 
be reconsigned to New York, N. Y., and salvaged under the supervision of 
this department, the bad portion destroyed and the good portion delivered to 
the said claimant without condition.
C. W. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.