15019. Adulteration of   grapefruit.      V.    S.   v.    300   Boxes    of   Grapefruit.
Default   decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 21781.    I. S. No. 12483-x.    S. No. C-5416.)
On March 16, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, 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 condem- 
nation of 300 boxes of grapefruit, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned about March 11, 1927, alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Leesburg Packing House, Leesburg, Fla., and trans- 
ported from the State of Florida into the State of Ohio, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. A portion of the article was labeled : 
(Wrapper) "Grapefruit G. F. W. Leesburg, Fla." The remainder of the said 
article was labeled: (Wrapper) "Leesburg Packing House, Leesburg, Fla., 
Florida Grapefruit Packed by Fussell & Co."
Examination of the article by this department showed that it consisted in part 
of fruit-damaged fruit.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it consisted 
of a decomposed vegetable matter.
On March 24, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.