17572. Adulteration of oranges and grapefruit. U. S. v. William E. Lee 
(W. E. Lee). Plea of gfnllty. Fine, ?25. (F. & D. No. 22551. I. S. 
Nos. 2577-x, 2658-x, 12478-x, 15297-x, 15467-x.)
An examination of samples of oranges and grapefruit from the herein 
described interstate shipments having shown that a large portion of the fruit 
was dry, due to fruit damage, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
On June 25, 1928, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against William 
E. Lee, trading as W. E. Lee at Thonotosassa, Fla., alleging shipment by said 
defendant, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about February 21, 
1927, and March 15,1927, from the State of Florida into the States of Alabama 
and Louisiana, respectively, of quantities of oranges, and on or about March 4, 
1927, March 21, 1927, and March 23, 1927, from the State of Florida into the 
States of Ohio, Oklahoma, and Kansas, respectively, of quantities of grapefruit 
which said products were adulterated. The oranges were labeled in part: 
" Seal Sweet Yellow Kid Brand, W. E. Lee * * * Plant City, Florida," or 
" Good Natured Brand." The grapefruit were labeled in part: " The Yellow Kid 
Brand * * * W. E. Lee;" or " Good Nature * * * Grapefruit * * * 
W. E. Lee,   *   *   *   Plant City, Fla."
It was alleged in the information that the articles were adulterated in that 
substances, namely, decomposed and fruit-damaged fruit, had been substituted / 
in part for edible fruit which the articles purported to be; in that orange 
juice or grapefruit juice, valuable constituents of the articles, had been in part 
abstracted; and in that the articles consisted in part of decomposed vegetable 
substances.
On July 3, 1930, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
ABTHTJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.