7274. Adulteration of orang-es.   U.  S.    *    *    *   v. 44S Boxes  of Oranges and
V. S. * * * v. 462 Boxes of Oranges. Default decrees of con- 
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (P. & D. Nos. 10040, 10041. 
I. S. Nos. 13430-r, 13429-r.    S. Nos. E-1310, E-1311.)
On April 16, 1919, 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 libels praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 448 boxes and 462 boxes of oranges, remaining unsold in 
the original unbroken packages at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the 448 boxes 
were shipped on or about March 19, 1919, by the California Fruit Growers Ex- 
change, Glendora, Calif., and that the 462 boxes were shipped on or about March 
24, 1919, by the Redlands-Highlands Fruit Exchange,- East Highlands, Calif., 
and transported from the State of California into the State of Pennsylvania, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part, " Washington Navels Blue Band Brand Oranges, Glendora 
Citrus Association, Glendora, Cal.," and " Polo Brand Grown and Packed by 
Gold Buckle Assn., East Highlands, San Bernardino Co., Cal."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed vegetable substance, unfit for 
food.
On May 2, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments of 
condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.