15275. Adulteration of {rruuei'rnit.     V.  S. v. 360 Boxes of Grapefruit.     De 
cree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction entei'ed.     (F. &
D. No.  21854.    I.   S.  No.  2577-x.     S. No.  C-5447.)
On March 31, 1927, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, 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 
condemnation of 360 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Oklahoma City, Okla., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by W. E. Lee & Co., Inc., from Thonotosassa, Fla., on or about March 21, 1927, 
and transported from the State of Florida into the State of .Oklahoma, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Good Nature Oranges-Grapefruit-Tangerines, Marshseedless 
Grade Run-W. E. Lee & Co., Inc., Carlot Distributors * * * Plant City, 
Fla."
Examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted wholly 
or in part of fruit-damaged fruit.
It was alleged in the libel that .the article was adulterated, in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 30, 1927, the Dawson Produce Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., claimant, 
having admitted the material allegations of the libel, 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.