JJSIll. Adulteration of grapefruit. U. S. v. 350 Boxes of Grapefruit. Con- 
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 21851.    I. S. No. 2658-x.    S. No. C-5444.)
sOn or about April 2, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of
insas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis-
|ct Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and
iemnation of 350 boxes of grapefruit, at Wichita, Kans., alleging that the
Jb&cle had been shipped by W. E. Lee, from Thonotosassa, Fla., on or about
|arch 23, 1927, and transported from the State of Florida into the State of
insas, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in
iole or in part of fruit-damaged fruit.
St was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con-
Sted wholly or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
^On April 20, 1927, the Midwest Brokerage Co., Salina, Kans., having appeared
|# claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree,
idgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that
fee product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the
l&eeedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned in
8rt that it be salvaged to remove the adulterated matter.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.