11056.?Adulteration,  of  oranges.     V.   S. v.  462  Boxes   of  Oranges.     Consent
decree  of condemnation and  forfeiture.     Product  released  under?
bond.     (F. & D. No. 16050.    I. S. No. 1797-t.    S. No. C-3423.)
On February 2, 1922, 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 462 boxes of oranges, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the San Antonio Orchard Co., Ontario, Calif., on or about January?
24, 1922, and transported from the State of California into the State of Mis??
souri, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The?
article was labeled in part: " San Antonio Brand Packed by San Antonio?
Orchard Company, Ontario, Calif.    Wash Navels."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On February 14, 1922, the J. 'L. Taylor Co., claimant, having admitted the?
allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree for the con??
demnation and forfeiture of the property, judgment of the court was entered?
ordering that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of?
the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,000,?
in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be salvaged?
under the supervision of this department, the' bad portion destroyed and the?
good portion delivered to the claimant without condition.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.