Adulteration of grapefruit. V. S. v. 384 Boxes of Grapefruit. De- 
cree entered ordering product destroyed, (p & D. No 21766. I. S. 
No. 3516-x.    S. No. C-5348.)
>ii February 28, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Minne- 
|a, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District
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Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con-i 
demnation of 384 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken pack-j 
ages at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by the- 
West Coast Fruit Co., from Clearwater, Fla., February 15, 1927, and trans-^ 
ported from the State 6f Florida into the State of Minnesota, and charging.: 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.   The article was labeled in 
part: (paster label on crate)   "A-WOW Brand   *   *   *   Home Office Jack- 
sonville, Fla.,  Fruit Distributors,  Inc.;"   (wrapper)   "West Coast Fruit Co., 
Clearwater, Fla. WCFCo. Reg. U. S. Off."
Examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in 
whole or in part of fruit-damaged fruit. 
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It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that a sub-J 
stance, an inedible product, had been substituted for, or in part for, the said! 
article. 
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On March 15, 1927, upon the filing by the office of the United States attorney | 
of an affidavit to the effect that the fruit was wholly unfit for. consumption as J 
food, judgment was entered by the court, ordering that the product be destroyed | 
by the United States marshal. 
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W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.