15173. Adulteration of grapefruit. XT. S. v. 360 Boxes of Adulterated Grapej 
fx'iilt. Consent .decree of condemnation and forfeiture^ Product 
released under bond. (P. & D.- No. 21859. 1. S. No. 10742-x. S. Ms 
W-2136.)
On April 1, 1927, the United States attorney ior the District of Oregon, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of th- 
United States for said district a libel praying -seizure, and. condemnation oi 
360 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the .original unbroken .pa'ckages at Port 
land, Oreg., alleging that the article .had been shipped by the Chester C. Fosgate 
Co., from Forest City, Fla., on or about March 16, 1927, and transported from; 
the State of Florida into the State ol Oregon, .and charging- adulteration itf 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Fidelity
Brand Chester C. Fosgate Co. Orlando, Fla." 

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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 coii* 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance, and in that an. 
inedible product had been substituted in whole or in part fox- normal grapefruit
of good commercial quality. . 
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On April 2, 1927, the Chester C. Fosgate Co., Orlando, Fla., haVing appeared 
as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree,; 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 'was entered, and it was ordered *by 
the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment o$ 
the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500* 
conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to 1&YS$
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture. \