14934.   Adulteration  of grapefruit.    U.  S. v. 360  Cases  of  Grapefruit.    De??
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D.
No. 21654.    I. S. No. 5906-x.    S. No. B-5952.)
On February 3, 1927, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and?
condemnation of 360 cases of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken?
packages at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by E. W.?
Wiggins, from Limona, Fla., on or about January 26, 1927, and transported?
from the State of Florida into the State of New York, and charging adultera??
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part:?
(Box) " S. E. Mays Grower and Shipper Plant City, Florida."
Examination of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed that it consisted in whole or in part of frost-damaged fruit.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con??
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
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On March 21, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.