17403. Adulteration of grapefruit. IT. S. v. 360 Boxes of Grapefruit. Con- 
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.    (F. & D. No. 24627.    I. S. No. 041304.     S. No. 2850.)
On February 11, 1930, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Missouri, 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 360 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
L. E. Snavely, from Harlingen, Tex., on or about February 4, 1930, and trans- 
ported from the State of Texas into the State of Missouri, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Cases) "La Bonita Brand Blue Ribbon * * * Citrus Fruits 
*   *   *   Packed by L. E. Snavely, Harlingen, Texas."
Examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in 
whole or in part of fruit-damaged fruit.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On March 1, 1930, the American Fruit Growers (Inc.), claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented that judgment be 
entered for the condemnation and forfeiture of the property, a decree was 
entered ordering that the product be released to Me said claimant, upon pay- 
ment of costs and the execution of a bond in tne sum of $1,000, conditioned 
in part that it be salvaged and the decomposed and dry grapefruit destroyed.
ABTHTJB M. HYPE, Secretary of Agriculture.