16669. Adulteration of grapefruit and oranges. TJ. S. v. Gentile Bros. Co. 
Plea of guilty. Fine, $25. (F. & D.. No. 22552. I. S. Nos. 5787-x, 
12494-x, 13897-x.)
On June 25, 1928, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against Gentile 
Bros. Co., a corporation, Orlando, Fla., alleging shipment by said company, in 
violation of the food and drugs act, in various consignments, on or about 
February 16, 1927, and April 16, 1927, respectively, from the State of Florida 
Into the State of Ohio, of quantities of grapefruit and oranges, and on or about 
February 17, 1927, from the State of Florida into the State of Pennsylvania, of 
quantities of grapefruit which were adulterated. The articles were labeled 
in part, variously: " Rex Brand Superior Pack Grapefruit Rex Gentile Bros. 
Company, Orlando, Florida ; " " Florida Arms Brand Ne Cede Malis Grape Fruit 
Oranges Gentile Bros. Co. Orlando, Florida; " " Grapefruit Florida Arms Brand 
Ne Cede Malis * * * B. G. Co., * * * Orlando, Florida;" "Pals 
Oranges and Grapefruit Trade Mark G Gen-Til-B * * * Gentile Bros. Co. 
Orlando, Fla."
It was alleged in substance in the information that the articles were adul- 
terated in that a substance, to wit, decomposed and fruit-damaged grapefruit 
and oranges, had been substituted in part for edible fruit which the articles
purported to be, in that grapefruit juice or orange juice, as the case might 
be, a valuable constituent of the articles, had been in part abstracted, and in 
that the articles consisted in part of decomposed vegetable substances.
On March 1, 1929, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
AETHUK M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.