10369. Adulteration of oranges.    IT. S.     *     *      *     v. 364 Boxes     *     *     *     of
Oranges.     Decree   releasing   good   portion   to   claimant.     (F.   &   I).
No. 16177.    I. S. No.  18437-t.     S. No. C-3513.)
On or about April 1, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Arkansas, 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 364 boxes of oranges, at Little Rock, Ark., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the California Fruit Growers Exchange, 
from Prenda, Calif., on or about March 22, 1922, and transported from the 
State of California into the State of Arkansas, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Wash. Navels, Red Crescent Brand, Arlington Heights Fruit Company, 
Riverside, California."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
said oranges showed a marked dryness, which indicated fruit badly fruited.
On April 3, 1922, the California Fruit Growers Exchange, claimant, having 
repacked and reconditioned the oranges under the supervision of this depart- 
ment and it having appeared that 202 boxes thereof conformed to the require- 
ments of law, judgment of the court was entered ordering that the said 202 
boxes of oranges be released to the said claimant, and that the balance thereof 
be destroyed by the United States marshal; and it was further ordered that 
the claimant pay all costs of the proceedings.
C. W. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.