15002. Adulteration of grapefruit. II. S. v. 360 Boxes of Grapefruit. Con- 
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.    (F. & D. No. 21783.    I. S. No. 10730-x.    S. No. W-2109.J
On March 4, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
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 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Citrus City 
Growers Assoc, from Largo, Fla., on or about February 11, 1927, and trans- 
ported from the State of Florida into the State of Oregon, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: " Black Diamond   *    *    *   John S. Taylor Co. South Florida Fruit."
Examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in 
whole or in part of fruit-damaged fruit.
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It was alleged in the libel  that  the article  was adulterated,  in  that an 
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inedible product had been substituted in whole or in part for normal grapefruit
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of good commercial quality.
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On March 14, 1927, the Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., a corporation of Wash-
\ ington, having appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to
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the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,
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and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant
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upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in
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the sum of $500, conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed 
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of contrary to law.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.