13864. Adulteration of oranges.    U.  S. v. 462 Boxes of Oranges.     Consent
decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under 
bond.    (P. & D. No. 20199.    I. S. No. 14660-v.    S. No. C-4752.)
On June 18, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 462 boxes of oranges, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Harvey, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Angeles Brokerage Co., from San Gabriel, Calif., June 5, 1925, into the State 
of Tennessee, and that it had been reconsigned from Memphis, Tenn., and was 
en route for export into Canada, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 1, 1925, H. D. Boehner, Chicago, Ill., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court 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 $1,000, 
in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the sound 
portion be used in the manufacture of orange products such as orange juice 
under the supervision of this department.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.