5493. Adulteration of oranges. U. S. * * * -v. 2 Cars of Oranges. Good 
portion of protl.net ordered released on bond. (F. & D. No. 8190. 
I. S. Nos. 2137-m, 2138-m.    S. No. E-833.)
On March 33, 1917, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 2 cars of oranges, marked in part: "Lee & Edwards * * * 
Thonotosassa, Fla., remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Pitts- 
burgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 2, 1917, 
by Lee & Edwards Co., Thonotosassa, Fla., and transported from the State of 
Florida into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vege- 
table substance.
On March 14, 1917, the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., claimant, 
in order to recover payment of the freight and demurrage charges, filed a peti- 
tion that it might be permitted to take possession of and sell said goods, and it 
? was ordered by the court on that date that the good portion of the oranges should 
be released to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $400, in conformity with section 10 
of the act.
OLAEEKCK OUSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.