14944.?Adulteration   of   oranges   and   tangerines.    U.   S.   v.   198   Cases   of
Oranges and 118 Cases of Tangerines. Default decree of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 21749. I. S.?
Nos. 13723-x, 13724-x.    S. No. E-5996.)
On February 24, 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 198 cases of oranges and 118 cases of tangerines, remain??
ing in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by?
Chauncy Butler, Interlachen, Fla., alleging that the articles had been shipped?
from Interlachen, Fla., on or about February 11, 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:?
(Case) " Genista Grove Chauncy Butler Prop. Interlachen, Fla."
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 14, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the articles be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.