17374. Adulteration of grapefruit. V. S. v. 360 Cases of Grapefruit. Prod uct adjudged adulterated and released under bond to be recon- ditioned. Good portion released; bad portion destroyed. (F. & D. No. 24666. I. S. Nos. 09600, 025737. S. No. 2890.) On February 12, 1930, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 cases of grapefruit, remaining in the original un- broken packages at Chickasha, Okla., alleging that the article had been shipped by Herbert Abraham, from Sharyland (Shadyland), Tex., on or about February 3, 1930, and transported from the State of Texas into the State of Oklahoma, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: " March Seedless Blue-bonnet Texas Sweet, Texas Citrus Fruit Growers Exchange, Rio Grande Valley, Grower's No. 101." The remainder of the said article was labeled in part: " From the Land of the Rio Grande, Texas Sure Sweet Grape Fruit, Texas Citrus Fruit Grower's Exchange, Grower's No. 101." It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of decomposed grapefruit. On February 13, 1930, Louis Abraham, Oklahoma City, Okla., appeared as claimant for the property and filed a cash bond in the sum of $2,000. The product was released to the said claimant to be removed to Tulsa, Okla., for reconditioning under the supervision of this department. On March 24, 1930, a decree was entered finding that the product was adulterated as alleged in the libel and was shipped in interstate commerce in violation of said act. The product having been sorted, the 240 cases which were found not in violation of the law were returned to the claimant, and the 108 cases which were found in violation of the law were destroyed. ABTHXJB M;. HYDE, Secretary of Agrioulture.