14361. Adulteration  of  oranges.    TJ.  S.  v. 462  Boxes  of  Oranges.    Product
released under bond to he sorted.     Decree entered, finding prod- 
uct   adulterated   and   ordering  its   release   and   bond   discharged.
(F. & D. No. 20164.    I. S. No. 20556-v.    S. No. W-1742.)
On July 2, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Utah, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of 
the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 462 boxes of oranges, at Salt Lake City, Utah, alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Monrovia Mutual Assoc, from Monrovia, Calif., on or about 
June 23, 1925, and transported from the State of California into the State of 
Utah, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Box) "Mission Hill Brand," (paper wrapper) 
" Select Oranges."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
tained an inedible product and substance that had been substituted wholly or 
in part for the said article.
On July 25, 1925, J. D. Masten, Los Angeles, Calif., having appeared as 
claimant for the property, an order of the court was entered, providing for 
the release of the product for the purpose of sorting and salvaging the good 
portions thereof. On February 15, 1926, the above order was amended to 
show its entry on July 25, 1925, nunc pro tunc, as of July 15, 1925. On July 
25, 1925, the court having found that the product was adulterated within the 
meaning of the act, and that the sorting and inspection showed that prac- 
tically all of the oranges were in a sound and salable condition and that only 
about 4 per cent showed any signs of fruit whatever and none showed fruit 
sufficient to cause broken cells, a decree was entered, ordering that it be re- 
leased from the operation of the libel and the bond released.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture: