15280. Adulteration of oranges and Mranofruit. TJ. S. v. 200 Boxes of Oranges and 100 Crates of Grapefruit. Consent decree of con- demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 21849 I. S. Nos. 16608-x, 16609-x. S No. E-6008.) On March 30, 1927, the United States attorney for the Western District of New York, 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 200 boxes and 100 crates of grapefruit, at Buffalo, N. Y., consigned by F. N. Hicks, Thonatosassa, Fla., alleging that the articles had been shipped from Thonatosassa, Fla., on or about March 22, 1927, and transported i. I from the State of Florida into the State of New York, and charging adulteration * in violation of the food and drugs act. { Examination of the articles by this department showed that they consisted in I -whole or in part of fruit-damaged fruit. . It was alleged in the libel that the articles were adulterated in that they f ^consisted in whole or in part of decomposed vegetable substances. ? On April 2, 1927, F. N. Hicks, Thonatosassa, Fla, the owner of the property, I having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and for- t feiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the products be t destroyed by the United States marshal. . W. M. JARDINB, Secretary of AffHculture.