5492. Adulteration of oranges. U. S. * * * v. 396 Boxes of Oranges. 
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product ordered 
released on bond.     (F. & D. No. 8189.    I. S. No. 8707-m.    S. No. E-832.)
On March 10, 1917, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Kew York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for 'said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 396 boxes of oranges, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on March 6, 1917, by D. Kellerman, Pittsburgh, Pa., and transported from the 
State of Pennsylvania into the State of New York, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Sunbright Brand California Oranges, D. Kellerman Company, Distributors, 
California."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea- 
son that it was composed in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid 
substance, which rendered it unfit for human consumption.
On March 15, 1917, E. I. Turner, Buffalo, N. Y., and the said D. Kellerman, 
claimants, having consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and for- 
feiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be de- 
livered to said claimants upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and 
the execution of a bond in the sum of $800, in conformity with section 10 of 
the act. It was further ordered that the article might be sorted under the 
supervision of a United States food and drug inspector, and that the portion 
found fit for human food, after the elimination of the decayed and light- 
weight oranges, should be released and the bond then terminated.
CLARENCE OUSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.