16206. Adulteration of grapefruit. V. S. v. 18 Boxes of Grapefruit. De- 
fault  decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 21841.    1. S. No. 14554-x.    8. No. E-6076.)
On March 31, 1927, the United States attorney for the- District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 16 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Springfield, Mass., consigned about March 9, 1927, alleging that the 
article had been shipped by W. H. Mouser & Co., Sparlin, Fla., and transported 
from the State of Florida into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adul- 
teration 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 con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
During the month of May, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the prop- 
erty, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.