11064.?Adulteration  of  oranges.     IT.  S. v.  396 Boxes  of Oranges.     Consent
decree of condemnation and forfeiture.     Product released  under?
bond.     (F. & D. No. 15753.    I. S. No. 2033-t.    S. No. C-3441.)
On February 14, 1922, 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 396 boxes of oranges, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken  packages   at  Kansas   City,   Mo.,   alleging  that  the  article  had   been
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shipped by Joseph Gentile & Go. (Cleg-horn Bros.), from Highland, Calif., on?
or about February 6, 1922, and transported from the State of California into?
the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: " Judge Brand?
Highland Fancy Shipped by Cleghorn Bros. Highland, Calif." The remainder?
of the article was labeled in part: "Good Taste Brand Highland Oranges?
Cleghorn Bros. Highland, Calif."
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 February 24, 1922, Evans and Peppers, a copartnership consisting of?
O. C. Evans and E. H. Peppers, claimants, having admitted the allegations of?
the libel and consented to a decree of condemnation and forfeiture, judgment?
of the court was entered ordering that the product be released to the said?
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of?
a bond in the sum of $2,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, condi??
tioned in part that the product be salvaged under the supervision of this?
department, the decomposed oranges destroyed and the portion meeting the?
requirements of the law delivered to the claimant without condition.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.