F. & D. No. 1537.
I. S. No. 3749-b.	
Issued December 17,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 679, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF VINEGAR.
On or about September 2, 1909, the Gordon Vinegar Company, a?
corporation, Pontiac, Mich., sold and delivered to C. G. Freeman, of?
the city of Pontiac aforesaid, a quantity of a liquid contained in?
barrels labeled " Gordon Vinegar Company. Apple Cider Vinegar?
Fermented. Pontiac, Michigan," guaranteeing to such purchaser?
that the said product complied with the terms and provisions of?
the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906. Subsequently, on or?
about September 5, 1909, the above-named purchaser, under the?
protection of the aforesaid guaranty, shipped from the State of Michi??
gan to the State of Indiana five barrels of said product without?
changing the same in any particular whatsoever. Samples of this?
shipment were procured and analysed by the Bureau of Chemistry,?
United States Department of Agriculture, and as it appeared from?
the findings of the analyst and report made that the product was adul??
terated and misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded oppor??
tunities for hearings to the party from whom the samples were pro??
cured, to the shipper, and to the guarantor of said product. As it?
appeared after hearings held that there had been a violation of the?
act on the part of the above-named guarantor, the Secretary of Agri??
culture reported the facts to the Attorney-General with a statement?
of the evidence upon 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 Michigan against the?
said Gordon Vinegar Company charging the above guaranty and ship??
ment and alleging that the product so guaranteed and shipped was?
adulterated, in that it consisted wholly or in part of a solution of?
dilute acetic acid mixed with a product high in reducing sugars and
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artificially colored in imitation of genuine cider vinegar, so as to?
reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and in?
that such substance had been substituted wholly or in part for the?
article, and alleging said product to be misbranded, in that the label?
above set forth was false and misleading and deceptive to the pur??
chaser thereof, because it represented the product to be "Apple Cider?
Vinegar," when in truth and in fact it was an adulterated product?
consisting wholly or in part of dilute acetic acid, artificially colored?
in imitation of genuine cider vinegar.
On September 19, 1910, the defendant appeared by Charles W.?
Gordon, its president, and entered a plea of nolo contendere, where??
upon the court imposed 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, November 1, 1910.
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