17231. Adulteration of grapefruit and oranges. U. S. v. 360 Boxes of 
Grapefruit and 60 Boxes of Oranges. Consent decree of con- 
demnation and forfeiture.     Products released under bond.     (F. &
D. No. 24675.    I. S. Nos. 041310, 041311.    S. No. 2988.)
On February 24, 1930, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Missouri, 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 and 60 boxes of oranges, remain- 
ing in the original unbroken packages at St. Joseph, Mo., alleging that the 
articles had been shipped by the Sprowl Fruit Co. from Mission, Tex., on or 
about February 3, 1930, and transported from the State of Texas into the 
State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The articles were labeled in part: " Packed by Sprowl Fruit Company, 
Mission, Texas."
It was alleged in the. libel that the articles were adulterated in-that they 
consisted in whole or in part of decomposed vegetable substances.
On March 4, 1930, Hunt Bros. Fruit Co., St. Joseph, Mo., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented that judgment be 
entered for the condemnation and forfeiture of the property, a decree was 
entered finding the products adulterated, and it was ordered by the court that 
the said products be released to the claimant upon payment of costs and the 
execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned in part that they be 
salvaged under the supervision of this department and the decomposed and 
dry fruit destroyed.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.