11055.?Adnlteration   of   oranges.    TJ.   S.   v.   396   Boxes   and   341   Boxes   of
O ran are s. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod??
uct released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 15826, 16084. I. S. Nos. 1804-t,?
1807-t,  1808-t.    S. Nos.  C-3468,  C-3506.)
On March 14 and April 1, 1922, respectively, the United States attorney for the?
Western District of Missouri, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri??
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels
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for the seizure and condemnation of 737 boxes of oranges, remaining unsold in?
the original unbroken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article?
had been shipped by the American Fruit Growers, Inc., from Riverside, Calif.,?
in part on or about February 28 and in part on or about March 22, 1922, and?
transported from the State of California into the State of Missouri, and charg??
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was?
labeled variously in part: " Washington Navel Mustang Oranges American?
Fruit Growers, Inc., T. H. Peppers Co. Division California;" " Homosasis?
Aurora American Fruit Growers Asso., Los Angeles, Calif. A. F. G.;" " Orange?
Queen American Fruit Growers Asso. Los Angeles, Calif."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 22 and April 12, 1922, respectively, the American Fruit Growers,?
Inc., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels and consented to?
the entry of decrees of condemnation and forfeiture, judgments of the court?
were entered ordering that the product be released to the said claimant upon?
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of bonds in the ag??
gregate sum of $4,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in?
part that the said product be salvaged under the supervision of this depart??
ment, the bad portion destroyed and the good portion delivered to the said?
claimant without condition.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.