14933.?Adulteration   of   oranges    and    tangerines.     V.   S.   v.   31    Cases    of
Oranges and 105 Cases of Tangerines. Defanlt decree of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 21723.    I. S. No.
13725-x.    S. No. E-5997.)
On March 1, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, 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 31 cases of oranges and 105 cases of tangerines, remaining?
in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by Chase &?
Co., Nocatee, Fla., alleging that the articles had been shipped from Nocatee,?
Fla., on or about February 23, 1927. and transported from the State of Florida?
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the?
food and drugs act. The articles were labeled in part: (Wrapper) "Terrapin?
Brand Oranges & Grapefruit Chase & Co. Sales Agents Nocatee Groves."
Examination of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed that they consisted in whole or in part of frost-damaged fruit.
It was alleged in the libel that the articles were adulterated, in that they?
consisted in whole or in part of decomposed vegetable substances.
On March 21, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the products be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.