(461.  Adulteration of oranges.     XJ. S. v. 76 Boxes of Oranges.     Default de- 
cree   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.
21944.    I. S. No. 14571-x.    S. No. E-6121.)
April 23, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
_S,''acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
||rt of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
ization of 76 boxes of oranges, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
jringfield, Mass., consigned about April 2, 1927, alleging that the article had 
?shipped by the Sunny South Packing Co., Arcadia,
' FJa., and transported 
the State of Florida into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adul- 
ation in violation of the food and drugs act. 
Sfscamination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in 
p|e or in part of fruit-damaged fruit. 
*..was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance. 
|(,May 18, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
lemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
iVroduct be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAEMNE, Secretary of Agriculture.