14075. Adulteration of oranges. 17. S. v. 463 Boxes of Oranges. Consent 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F.  &  D. No.  19562.    I.   S.  No.  23098-v.    S.  No.  C-4628.)
On or about January 30, 1925, 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 praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 462 boxes of oranges, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by D. Kellerman, per A. Tarrish, from Bryn Mawr, Calif., on or 
about January 22, 1925, and .transported from the State of California into 
the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Bedlands Jack Bedlands 
Orangedale Groves Inc., Bedlands, California."
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 5, 1925, D. Kellerman, per A. Tarrish, claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a de- 
cree of condemnation and forfeiture, judgment of the court was entered, 
finding the product adulterated, and it was ordered by th& court that the 
said product be released to the claimant upon payment of the costs of the 
proceedings and the execution of a good and sufficient bond, in conformity 
with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be salvaged and the 
decomposed oranges removed therefrom and destroyed.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.