21856. Adulteration of  oranges.    U.  S. v. 118 Boxes  of Oranges.    Default
decree  of  forfeiture  and  destruction.     (F.  &  D. no.  31538.    Sample 
no.  47185-A.)
This case involved a shipment of oranges in which marked dryness was found 
in a large percentage of the fruit.
On October 23,1933, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 118 boxes of oranges at Bos- 
ton, Mass., consigned about October 10, 1933, alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce by the Western Fruit Growers, Inc., from 
Anaheim, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Jewel * * * Western Fruit 
Growers, Inc., California."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On November 15, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg-/ 
ment of forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the' 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.