14982.?Adulteration of oranges.    U. S. v. 183 Half Boxes of Oranges.     De?
fault  decree  of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  &
D. No. 21645.    I. S. No. 7648-x.    S. No. E-5956.)
Oh February 2, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu??
setts, acting upon a repo/t by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel, and on February 19, 1927.?
an amended libel, praying seizure and condemnation of 183 half boxes of?
oranges, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging?
that the article had been shipped by the Standard Growers Exchange, Lucerne?
Park, Fla., and transported from the State of Florida into the State of Massa??
chusetts, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
Examination of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depai^tment?
showed that it was composed of frost-damaged fruit.
It was alleged in the libel as amended that the article was adulterated, in?
that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 23, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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. JAEDINB, Secretary of Agriculture.