F. & D. No. 872.
I. S  No. 8660-a.	
Issued March 30, 1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 243, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF YINEGAR.
On or about March 26, 1909, the Keller-Lorenz Company, of Spo??
kane, Wash., shipped from Spokane, Wash., to Sand Point, Idaho,?
a consignment of a food product labeled "Apple Cider Vinegar."?
Samples from this shipment were procured and analyzed by the?
Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and?
as the findings of the analyst and report thereon indicated that the?
product was adulterated and misbranded within the meaning of the?
Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture?
afforded the Keller-Lorenz Company and the dealer from whom the?
sample was purchased opportunities for hearings. As it appeared?
after hearings held that the said shipment was made in violation of?
the act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the Attor??
ney General with a statement of the evidence on which to base a?
prosecution. In due course a criminal information was filed in the?
District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wash??
ington, charging that the product was shipped as above stated and?
was adulterated within the meaning of the act because an imitation?
cider vinegar composed in part of dilute acetic acid and artificially?
colored in a manner to conceal its inferiority had been substituted in?
part for cider vinegar, and misbranded within the meaning of the act,?
because it was labeled " high grade apple cider vinegar," which state??
ment was false, misleading, and deceptive, because it was not a high-?
grade apple cider vinegar but an adulterated liquid in imitation of?
vinegar, consisting in part of dilute acetic acid and artificially col??
ored in a manner to conceal its inferiority. On January 26, 1910, the?
said defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court imposed upon?
it a fine of $25.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs
Act
 of June 30,1906.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 28,1910.
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