13848.  Adulteration of grapefruit.     U. S. v. 361 Cases of Grapefruit      Con- 
sent  decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture, and  destruction      (W   A
D. No. 20467.    I. S. No. 4812-x.    S. No. B-5495.) 
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On or about September 16, 1925, the United States attorney for the District 
of Porto Rico, 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 361 cases of grapefruit at San Juan, P. R., alleg- 
ing that on or about September 15, 1925, the Candelaria Packing House, trad- 
ing in Porto Rico, had delivered the product for shipment in interstate com- 
merce from the Territory of Porto Rico into the State of New York, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Rancho-Alta Vista Fruit Co., Bayamon, Porto Rico."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
product, immature grapefruit artificially colored, had been mixed and packed 
with and substituted in whole or in part for the said article,'and for the fur- 
ther reason that it had been colored in a manner whereby inferiority was con- 
cealed.
On October 3, 1925, John M. Kohn, manager and sole owner of the Alta 
Vista Fruit Co. of Porto Rico, claimant, having admitted the allegations of 
the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the prod- 
uct be destroyed by the United States marshal and that the empty cases be 
delivered to the claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.