11654.?Adulteration   of  oranges.     TJ.  S.   v.  22   Boxes   of   Oranges.     Default
decree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (P.   &   D.
No. 17393.    I. S. No. 2648-v.    S. No. E-4333.)
On March 23, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the?
seizure and condemnation of 22 boxes of oranges, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Ozona Citrus?
Growers Assoc.,' Sutherland, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped?
from Sutherland, Fla., on or about March 6, 1923, and transported from the?
State of Florida into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part:?
" Gulf Brand * * * Sealdsweet * * * Ozona Citrus Growers Assn.?
Ozona, Florida."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel fot the reason that?
inedible tree-dried oranges had been substituted in whole or in part for edible?
juicy oranges, which the product purported to be.
On March 29, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.