12092. Misbranding   of   oranges.     V.   S.   ]v.   100   Cases   of   Oranges.     Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and sale.     (F. & D.  No.  661-c. 
I. S. No. 1805-t.    S. No. C-3497.)    I
On or about March 27, 1922, the Unitecji States attorney for the District of 
Indiana, acting upon a report by the State Food and Drug Commissioner of 
Indiana, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
a  libel praying the  seizure  and  condemnation  of 100  cases  of oranges,  at
Indianapolis, Ind., alleging that the article had been received from the con- 
signors, the American Fruit Growers, Inc., East Highlands, Calif., March 21, 
1922, and had been transported from the State of California into the State of 
Indiana, and charging adulteration or misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "A 1 * * * American 
Fruit Distributors Main Office Los Angeles, California."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the said article had been badly 
tree-fruited so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality.
It was further alleged in substance in the libel that the article was 
adulterated or misbranded in that the said cases did not contain "A 1 
Brand Naval Oranges," as branded on each of the cases, but did contain oranges 
which had been badly tree-fruited.
On May 12, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, a decree 
of the court was entered adjudging the product to be misbranded and ordering 
that it be sold by the United States marshal in compliance with law.
HOWARD M. GOKE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.