24625. Adulteration of grapefruit.    IT. S. v. 400 Boxes of Grapefruit.     Consent
decree  of condemnation  and forfeiture.     Product ordered sorted and 
decomposed portion destroyed.    (F. & D. no. 35438.    Sample no. 26158-B.)
This case involved grapefruit which was in part dried and decomposed.
On March 29, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 400 boxes of grape- 
fruit at Denver, Colo., consigned by H. A. Pollard, Inc., from Winterhaven, Fla., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
March 22, 1935, from the State of Florida into the State of Colorado, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Florida Citrus Fruit South State Brand. H. A. Pollard, 
Inc.   Winterhaven, Fla.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 1, 1935, H. A. Pollard, Inc., having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was 
ordered that the product be sorted, and that the good portion be sold and the 
bad portion destroyed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.