P. &D. No. 1833.
S. No. 650.	
Issued June 16,1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 883, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING AND ALLEGED ADULTERATION OF VINEGAR.
On or about August 3, 1910, there were shipped from the State?
of Illinois into the State of Indiana 63 barrels of a food product,?
each of said barrels being labeled: "Prussing Bros. Pure Cider?
Vinegar. 49 Gals. 40 Gr. Chicago, 111. Mills, Montague, Mich."?
Analysis of samples of this product made by the Bureau of Chemistry,?
United States Department of Agriculture, showed it to consist?
wholly or in part of a mixture of a product high in reducing sugars?
and dilute acetic acid, prepared in imitation of cider vinegar. As?
it appeared from the findings of the analyst and report thereon that?
the product was adulterated and misbranded within the meaning of?
the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, and liable to seizure under?
section 10 of the act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts?
to the United States attorney for the District of Indiana.
In due course a libel was filed in the District Court of the United?
States for the said district against the said 63 barrels of vinegar,?
charging the above shipment and alleging the product so shipped?
to be adulterated in that said barrels and each of them contained a?
product with which had been mixed a substance high in reducing?
sugars and a dilute acetic acid so as to reduce and lower its quality?
and alleging the product to be misbranded in that it was labeled as?
above set forth, which labels were false and misleading in that they?
represented the product to be cider vinegar when in truth and in?
fact it was an imitation of cider vinegar, the statements contained?
on said labels being calculated to deceive and mislead the purchasers?
thereof, and praying seizure, condemnation, and forfeiture of the?
product.
The cause coming on for hearing and no claimant to the product?
having entered an appearance, the court being fully informed in the?
premises issued its decree finding the product to be misbranded as?
alleged in said libel and condemning and forfeiting the same to the?
use of the United States.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 15, 1911.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
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