15100. Adulteration of erapefruit. XJ. S. v. 370 Boxes of Grapefruit. Con* 
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released,' 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 21837.    I. S. No. 12917-x.    S. No. W-2130.)
On March 25, 1927, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, 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 370 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken-; 
packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by fix^, 
Lake Garfield Citrus Growers Assn., Lake Garfield, Fla., March 8, 1927, and
transported from the State of Florida into the State of Washington, and charge 
ing adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled^ 
in part: " Sealdsweet Florida Citrus Exchange Lake Garfield Citrus Growers. 
Assoc. Lake Garfield, 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 in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance. 
t
On March 29, 1927, the Florida Citrus Exchange, Seattle, Wash., having 
appeared as claimant for the property 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 $750, the 
terms of said bond providing that the product be reconditioned under the' 
supervision of this department.
W. M. JABDINB, Secretary of Agriculture.