NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 985, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTEEATION AND MISBRANDING OF CIDER VINEGAR.
On or about April 7, 1910, the Oakland Vinegar and Pickle Com- 
pany, a corporation, Saginaw, Mich., shipped from the State of 
Michigan into the State of Wisconsin a quantity of vinegar labeled 
as follows: " Oakland Vinegar and Pickle Company, 4% Apple 
Brand Oakland Cider Vinegar, Fermented, 46 Gals., Saginaw, Mich." 
Samples from this shipment ,were procured and analyzed by the 
Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, and 
the product was found to consist of a mixture of dilute acetic acid or 
distilled vinegar and a product high in reducing sugars, prepared 
in imitation of cider vinegar. As the above analysis and report 
thereon showed 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 said Oakland Vinegar and 
Pickle Company, Incorporated, and the party from whom the samples 
were procured opportunities for hearing. As it appeared after hear- 
ings held that the shipment was made in violation of the act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the Attorney-General, 
with- a statement of the evidence upon which to base a prosecution.
On January 30, 1911, a criminal information was filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan 
against the said Oakland Vinegar and Pickle Company, Incor- 
porated, charging the above shipment, and alleging that the product 
so shipped was adulterated in that a mixture of dilute acetic acid 
or distilled vinegar and a product high in reducing sugars had been 
mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously 
affect its quality and strength, and in that said mixture of dilute 
acetic acid or distilled vinegar and a product high in reducing sugars 
had been substituted wholly or in part for the genuine cider vinegar.
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The information also alleged that the product was misbrancjed in 
that the label thereon was false and misleading because it deceived 
the purchaser into the belief that the product was pure cider vinegar, 
prepared from apples, whereas in truth and in fact it was a mixture 
of dilute acetic acid or distilled vinegar and a product high in reduc- 
ing sugars, prepared in imitation of cider vinegar.
On April 11, 1911, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere 
to the above information, whereupon the court imposed a fine of $2.
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, June 24-, 1911.
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