133. Adulteration of oranges. V. S. v. 60 Boxes of Oranges. Default 
decree  of condemnation, forfeitui'e, and destruction.     (F. & D.  No.
21694.    I. S. No. 15282-X.    S. No. C-5322.)
)a or about February 4, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern
trict of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying
pure and condemnation of 60 boxes of oranges, remaining in the original
fSroken packages  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  alleging  that  the  article  had  been
gped by S   E. Mays, Plant City, Fla., on or about January 25, 1927, and
^sported from the State of Florida into the State of Louisiana, and chai'ging
Iteration in violation of the food and drugs act.    The article was labeled in
%t: " S. E. Mays Grower Shipper Plant City, Fla."
Bxamination of the article by this depaitment showed that it consisted in 
pie or in part of fruit-damaged fruit.
|t was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that a sub- 
ace, an inedible product, had been substituted in part for the said article. 
)n February 24, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
|nt of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
\rt that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.