F. & D. No. 952.
I S. No. 16630-a.	
Issued May 27,1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 853, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF VINEGAR.
On or about October 22, 1908, John M. Knadler and William B.?
Lucas, trading as Knadler & Lucas, Louisville, Ky., shipped from the?
State of Kentucky into the State of Arkansas a quantity of a food?
product labeled: "Knadler & Lucas Pickling Cider & Vinegar Co.?
Self-Made Belle of the South Vinegar. Louisville, Ky." Samples?
of this shipment were procured and analyzed by the Bureau of?
Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and the product?
was found to be a mixture consisting wholly or in part of a dilute?
acetic acid and foreign material high in reducing sugars, artificially?
colored in imitation of cider vinegar. As the findings of the analyst?
and report made indicated that the product was adulterated and?
misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June?
30, 1906, the said John M. Knadler and William B. Lucas and the?
party from whom the samples were procured were afforded oppor??
tunities for hearings. As it appeared after hearings held that said?
shipment was made in violation of the act, the Secretary of Agricul??
ture 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 Western District of Kentucky against?
the said John M. Knadler and William B. Lucas, charging the said?
shipment and alleging that the product so shipped was adulterated?
because a distilled product not made from the juice of apples, dilute?
acetic acid and a substance high in reducing sugars had been substi??
tuted for vinegar made from the juice of apples, and was colored?
artificially so as to conceal its inferiority and simulate the genuine?
article. The information further alleged the product to be mis-?
branded because the label was false and misleading in that the words?
"Self-Made Vinegar" appearing on the label, without words of quali??
fication as to the mode of production of the vinegar, or the substances?
from which it was produced meant, and was understood to mean,?
vinegar made from apple cider by its own fermentation, when in?
truth and in fact the product did not conform to such popular con??
cept, but was an adulterated product as above set forth.
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On November 17, 1910, the defendants entered a plea of guilty to?
the above information, whereupon the court imposed a fine of $25?
and costs.
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, April 26, 1911.
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