112SM. Adulteration, of oranges. U. S. v. 300 Boxes of Oranges. Decree?
entered ordering1 release of the prodnet nader bond.     (P.  & D.  No,
16624.    I. S. No. 3623-t.    S. No.  C-3667.)
On June 20, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota,?
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 con??
demnation of 300 boxes of oranges, remaining in the original unbroken?
packages at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
the Randolph Marketing Co., West Anaheim, Calif., on or about June 9, 1922,?
and transported from the State of Californa into the State of Minnesota, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article?
was labeled in part: "A Piute A   *    *    *    Randolph'Marketing Co."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 21, 1922, a stipulation having been entered into between the Govern??
ment and the claimant, Joseph Gentile & Co., to the effect 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, and that the car containing the said product be sealed, shipped to?
Cincinnati, Ohio, and the product salvaged under the supervision of this depart??
ment, it was ordered by the court that the attachment be dismissed and the?
product released in accordance with the terms of the said stipulation.
C. W. PXJGSLEY, Aot'mg Secretary of''Agriculture.