15017. Adulteration of grapefruit. U. S. v. 372 Boxes of Grapefruit. Con- 
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 21773.    I. S. No. 12478-x.     S. No. C-5409.)
On March 11, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, 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 con- 
demnation of 372 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned by W. E. Lee, Thonotosassa, Fla., on or 
about March 4, 1927, alleging that the article had been transported in interstate 
commerce from Thonotosassa, Fla., into the State of Ohio, and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in 
part: " The Yellow Kid Brand W. E. Lee    *    *    *    Plant City, Fla."
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 of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 12, 1927, the Florida Citrus Exchange, claimant, having admitted 
the .allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of 
the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, 
conditioned in part that it be salvaged under the supervision of this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.