F. & D. Nos. 1216 and 1217.
S. Nos. 428 and 429.	
Issued October 26,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 616, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF VINEGAR.
On or about August 17, 1909, the Gregory Wallace Vinegar Com??
pany, Paducah, Ky., shipped from the State of Kentucky to the?
State of Arkansas 51 cases of bottled vinegar, each of which bottles?
was labeled "Elko brand pure apple cider vinegar, Gregory Wallace?
Vinegar Company, Paducah, Ky.;" and 10 barrels of vinegar labeled:?
"Cereal white distilled vinegar, Gregory Wallace Vinegar Company,?
Paducah, Ky." Analysis of samples of this product made in the?
Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture,?
showed it to be adulterated and misbranded within the meaning of?
the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906. As it appeared from the?
findings of the analyst and report thereon that the said shipment?
was liable to seizure under section 10 of the act, the Secretary of?
Agriculture reported the facts to the United States attorney for the?
Eastern District of Arkansas.
In due course a libel was filed against the said 51 cases of bottled?
vinegar and 10 barrels of vinegar in the District Court of the United?
States for said district, charging the above shipment and alleging?
the product contained in said bottles to be adulterated, in that it?
consisted wholly or in part of a fermented solution of starch sugar?
vinegar, and that the product contained in said barrels was adulter??
ated, in that it contained water with which it had been diluted so?
that it was deficient in acid strength; and alleging that the product?
contained in said bottles and barrels was misbranded, in that it was?
an imitation of and offered for sale under the distinctive name of?
another article, and in that it was labeled so as to deceive and mislead?
the purchaser.
On April 19, 1910, the cause came on for hearing and no claimant?
having appeared therein, the court, being fully informed in the?
premises, issued its decree finding that the product was adulterated?
and misbranded as alleged in the above libel, but that it was not?
deleterious to health, and condemning and forfeiting the same to
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the use of the United States and ordering its sale by the marshal for?
said district, which order was duly executed.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 26, 1910.
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