11917. Ad-alteration of oranges.    V. S. v. 21 Boxes of Oranges.    Decree en 
tered   ordering  release   of  good  poi-tion   and   destruction   of   re- 
mainder.     (F. & D. No. 17330.    I. S. No. 1365-v.    S. No. E-4323.)
On March 8, 1923, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and 
condemnation of 21 boxes of oranges, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Baltimore, Md., consigned February 24, 1923, alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Arcadia Citrus Growers Exchange, from 
Achan, Fla., and transported from the State of Florida into the State of Mary- 
land, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Box) "96 Russet Invincible Brand Arcadia 
Citrus Growers Assn. Arcadia, Florida;" (tissue wrapper) "Trade Mark 
Sealdsweet Registered."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that an 
inedible product, to wit, dry oranges, had been substituted in whole or in part 
for an edible product, to wit, juicy oranges, which the said article purported 
to be.
On March 16, 1923, the Florida Citrus Exchange having appeared as claim- 
ant for the property and admitted the allegations in the libel, and the product 
having been theretofore sorted and 17 boxes having been found to meet the 
requirements of law, it was ordered by the court that the said 17 boxes be 
released, that the balance be destroyed, and that the claimant pay the costs of 
the proceedings.
O. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.