2101. Adulteration and misbranding of grapefruit juice and grapefruit and 
orange juice. U. S. v. 856 Cases of Grapefruit Juice and 298 Cases and 
286 Cases of Grapefruit and Orange Juice. Default decrees of condem- 
nation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 4829, 4853. 'Sample Nos. 58198-E, 
58202-H, 58204-E.)
Examination of these products disclosed the presence of insect fragments, 
eggs, and larvae. Furthermore, the labeling of portions bore false and mislead- 
ing health claims and falsely represented that the products had been canned 
under sanitary conditions.
On or about May 27 and June 5, 1941, the United States attorney for the 
Northern District of Iowa filed libels against 856 cases, each containing 12 
cans, of grapefruit juice and 584 cases, each containing 24 cans, of grapefruit 
and orange juice at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, alleging that the articles had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 5, March 10, and May 1, 
1941, by the Hidalgo County Citrus Association from San Carlos, Tex.; and 
charging that they were adulterated and misbranded. They were labeled in 
part: (Grapefruit juice, cans) "Tropic Sweet Brand Texas Unsweetened Grape- 
fruit Juice, Contents 1 Qt. 14 Fluid Oz.," and  (grapefruit and orange juice,
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cans) "Tropic Sweet Brand Texas Sugar-Added Grapefruit and Orange Juice, 
Contents 1 Pt. 2 Fluid Oz."
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted wholly or 
in part of filthy substances, and in that they had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby they might have become contaminated with filth.
The grapefruit juice and a portion of the grapefruit and orange juice were 
alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Canned by a scientific and 
sanitary process which is highly efficient in conserving the health-giving vitamin 
and mineral elements while at the same time conserving its fresh fruit flavor" 
was false and misleading since it was not canned by a sanitary process and could 
not be depended upon to give or restore health.
On July 22, 1941, the Hidalgo County Citrus Association having filed claims 
but having failed to answer or plead further and being in default, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.