7410. A-dnlteration of oranges. V. S. * * * "v. 448 Boxes of Oranges. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product ordered released on bond. (F. & D. No. 10229. I. S. No. 6972-r. S. No. C-1205.) On April 23, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 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 448 boxes of oranges, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about April 16, 1919, by T. H. Peppers & Co., Upland, Calif., and transported from the State of California into the State of Missouri, and charg- ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that: it con*. sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance. On April 28, 1919, the said T. H. Peppers & Co.,- claimant, having consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of if2,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act. E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.