15770.?Adulteration of orang-es.    U. S. v. 144 Boxes of Oranges.     Decree of
condemnation   entered.    Product   released  under  bond.     (F.   &  D.
No. 22732.    I. S. No. 23435-x.    S. No. 771.)
On April 13, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Louisiana, 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 144 boxes of oranges1, remaining in the original unbroken?
packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
the Taylor Packing House, from Tampa, Fla., on or about April 10, 1928, and?
transported from the State of Florida into the State of Louisiana, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
Examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in?
part of frost-damaged fruit. ?
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con??
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 17, 1928, the Taylor Packing House, Tampa, Fla., having appeared?
as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel,?
judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was1 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, conditioned in
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part that it should not be used, sold, or disposed of until made to comply with,?
the Federal food and drugs act, compliance with said condition to be determined?
by this department.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.