15014. Adulteration of  oranges.     TJ.  S. -v. 266  Boxes   of  Oranges.     Default
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.
No. 21798.    I. S. No. 16203-x.    S. No. E-5867.)
On March 17, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Distiict Court 
of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation
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of 2G6 boxes of oranges, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Balti- 
more, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Fruit Distributors, 
Inc., from Bartow, Fla., and transported from the State of Florida into the State 
of Maryland, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: " Florida Citrus Fruits Duke Polk County."
Examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in 
whole or in part of fruit-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, which had been 
substituted wholly or in part for oranges.
On April 22, 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. JARDINE, Secretary of Aprfoulture.