.17272. Adulteration Of grapefruit.     U. S. v. 130 Boxes of Grapefruit.     Con- 
sent  decree  of condemnation, forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.  &
D. No. 24815.    I. S. No. 012966.    S. No. 3020.)
On February 20, 1930, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
.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 130 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Junction City, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped by Burkhart & 
Williams, from McAUen, Tex., on or about February 5, 1930, and transported 
irom the State of Texas into the State of Kansas, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was 
-composed of filthy and decomposed vegetable matter.
On February 24, 1930, D. E. Bolman, Junction City, Kans., having entered 
.an appearance and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
ibe destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.