15078.  Adulteration of grapefruit.     V. S. v. 150 Boxes of Grapefruit.     Con- 
sent   decree   of   condemnation  and  forfeiture.    Product   released - 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 21778.    I. S. No. 12480-X.    S. No. C-5411.)
On March 14, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern District of j 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a Ubel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 150 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned on or about March 8, 1927, alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Southern Fruit Distributors, Winter 
Haven, Fla., and transported from the State of Florida into the State of Ohio, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Coot Brand Grown and Distributed by Southern Fruit< 
Distributors, Inc. Orlando, 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 16, 1927, M. Degaro Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, claimant, having ad- 
mitted 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 $500, conditioned in part that it be- salvaged under the supervision of 
this department.
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W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.