11544.?Adulteration   of   tangerines.     V.   S.   v.   150   Boxes   of   Tangerine*.
Consent   deeree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 17328. I. S. No. 6649-v.    S. No. C-3910.)
On February 7, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District?
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricultxire, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure?
and condemnation of 150 boxes of tangerines, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by the Polk Co. Citrus Sub-Exchange (Florida Citrus Exchange), from?
Florence Villa, Fla., on or about February 1, 1923, and transported from the?
State of Florida into the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Box)?
"Yankee Boy Tangerine * * * Florida Citrus Exchange:" (wrapper)?
" Sealdsweet * * * Florida Citrus Exchange, Citrus Exchange Building,?
Tampa, Florida."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in large part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal?
or vegetable substance.
On March 1, 1923, the owner of the property having appeared and admitted?
the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWAED Af. GOKE, Acting Secretary of Agi iciiltiii e.