16129. Adulteration of grapefruit.     U. S. v. 372 Boxes of Grapefruit.    Order
entered permitting salvage of product.     Decree entered ordering 
adulterated portion destroyed, and remainder released.    (F. & D.
No. 21833.     I. S. No. 15876-x.     S. No. C-5441.)
On or about April 1, 1927, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seiz- 
ure and condemnation of 372 boxes of grapefruit, at Tulsa, Okla., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Fruit Distributors, Inc., Lake Garfield. Fla., 
on or about March 16, 1927, and transported from the State of Florida into the \ 
State of Oklahoma, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs ; 
act.
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 consisted ! 
in whole or in part of decayed vegetable substances.
On April 8, 1927, an order was entered by the court, permitting the salvaging : 
of the product under the supervision of this department. On April 12, 1927, it 
having been shown to the court that the product had been properly salvaged ; 
and that 181 cases of fruit had been found fit for distribution, a decree was 
entered, ordering that the unfit portion be destroyed and the good fruit released 
to the parties in interest, the Hughes Brokerage Co., Tulsa, Okla., or the Fruit 
Distributors, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.