17408. Adulteration of  oranges.    U.  S. v. 40  Boxes  of  Oranges.    Consent
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. & D. No.
24673.    1. S. No. 041309.    S. No. 2928.)
On or about February 19, 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 the said district a libel 
praying seizure and condemnation of 40 boxes of oranges, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at St. Joseph, Mo., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by J. G. Bauer from Alamo, Tex., on or about January 31, 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 article was 
labeled in part: (Case) "Richfield Brand Grapefruit, The R. B. Dublin Co., 
McAllen, Texas;" (tissue wrapper) "Sum Pak Lower Rio Grande Valley 
Grapefruit, Alamo, Texas; " and " Valley of Sweet Grown in Lower Rio Grande 
Valley in Texas."
Examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in 
whole 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 March 4, 1930, the Hunt Bros. Fruit Co., St. Joseph, Mo., having appeared 
and having admitted the allegations in the libel and consented to the entry 
of judgment of condemnation and forfeiture, a decree was entered finding that 
the product was adulterated and ordering that it be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
ABTHXJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.