14934.?Adulteration  of  tangerines.     V.   S.  v. 429 Half Boxes  and  629 Half
Boxes of Tangerines. Defanlt decrees of condemnation, forfei??
tnre, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 21627, 21628. I. S. Nos. 13717-x,?
13750-x.    S. Nos. E-5960, E-5'964.)
On February 9, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary ox Agriculture, filed i*; the?
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying seizure and?
condemnation of 1,058 half boxes of tangerines, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the De Land Packing Co.,?
De Land, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped from De Land, Fla.,?
in two consignments, on or about January 31 and February 1, 1927, respectively,?
and transported from the State of Florida into the State of Pennsylvania, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was:?
labeled in part: " Temptation Brand Tangerines De Land Packing Co. De Land,?
Fla."
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 libels that the article was adulterated, in that it con??
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 2, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments?
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.
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