11476. Adulteration   of   tangerines.     V.   S.   v.   390   Boxes   of   Tangerines.?
Default   decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 17313.     I. S. No. 4130-v.    S. No. C-3889.)
On February 9, 1923, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure?
and condemnation of 390 boxes of tangerines at Chicago, 111., alleging that the?
article had been shipped by Hinds-Fucbs-Nierman, from Florence Villa, Fla.,?
January 27, 1923, and transported from the State of Florida into the State of?
Illinois, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
The article was labeled variously as follows: " Cat Brand;" " Gondola?
Brand;" and " Yankee Boy Brand."
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Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 9, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWABD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.