15136. Adulteration of oranges and grapefruit.    TJ. S. v. 1 Car of Qrangei
and Grapefruit. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture entered 
Products released under bond. (F. & D. No. 21890. I. S. No. 11678-ii 
S. No. C-5432.)
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On March 11, 1927, the United States attorney for the Middle District d| 
Tennessee, acting upon a report by an official of the State of Tennessee, nle| 
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel prayiri- 
seizure and condemnation of 1 car of oranges and grapefruit, at Nashville"! 
Tenn., alleging that the articles had been shipped by F. N. Hicks, Tampa, Fla., 
on or about March 7, 1927, and transported from the State of Florida into the 
State of Tennessee, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act.
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Examination of the articles by this department showed that they consisted 
in whole or in part of fruit-damaged fruit.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the articles consisted in whole*! 
or in part of decomposed material, in violation of section 7, paragraph 6, of 
the act.
On March 26, 1927, E. L. Morris, Nashville, Tenn., having appeared as claim* 
ant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment oti 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that" 
the products 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 par| 
that they be salvaged under the supervision of this department, and the^ 
decomposed fruit destroyed.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture. ;