15270.  Adulteration of oranges.     V.  S. v. 38 Boxes  of Oranges.     Decree  of 
condemnation,  forfeiture,   and   destruction   entered.      (F.   &  D.  No.
21850.    I. S. No. 14561-x.    S   No. B-6087.)
Oa April 6, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
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 38 boxes of oranges, remaining in thevorigiual* unbroken packages 
at NewHaven, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped by L. Maxcy, 
Inc., Wauchula, Fla., on or about March 11, 1927, and transported from the 
State of Florida into the State of Connecticut, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part " L. Maxcy, 
Inc., Frostproof, Florida, Supreme Brand Quality and Puck, Oranges-Grape- 
fruit-Tangerines."
Examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in 
\\ho)e or in part of fruit-damaged fruit.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 25, 1927, the claimant for the property having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the prod- 
uct be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secret a i y of Agriculture.