24598. Adulteration of tangerines. U. S. v. 125 Boxes of Tangerines. Default 
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 35101. Sample 
no. 24176-B.)
This case involved a shipment of tangerines which were in part decomposed.
On January 21, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 125 boxes of 
tangerines at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about January 17, 1935, by A. D. Symonds & Son, 
from Orlando, Fla., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: "A D S Brand Oranges & 
Grapefruit   *   *   *   A. D. Symonds & Son, Orlando, Fla."
The article was alleged! to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 13, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condem- 
nation was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.