NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1007.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF VINEGAR.
On November 3,1910, the United States Attorney for the Territory 
of Arizona, acting upon the report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed a libel for seizure and condemnation in the District Court of 
the United States against 9 barrels, more or less, of vinegar, in the 
possession of Solomon-Wickersham Co. (Inc.), Globe, Ariz., alleging 
the manufacture of the product by the Sharp Elliott Manufacturing 
Co., on or about September 17, 1910, in the Territory of Arizona, 
and charging adulteration and Misbranding of the product in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The containers of this product 
were labeled: " Fine flavored Table Vinegar—A superior Article 
for Table Use—A delicious flavored Vinegar, fortified with 90 grains 
strength of 80% Pure Acetic Acid ' Vinegar Sour'—Colored with 
burnt sugar—Sharp Elliott Mfg Co., El Paso, Tex."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department of a 
sample of this product showed it to contain a dilute solution of 
acetic acid colored with burnt sugar in imitation of cider vinegar. 
Adulteration was, therefore, charged because the product was colored 
in a manner whereby its inferiority was concealed. Misbranding was 
charged in that the statements on the labels were false and mislead- 
ing and calculated to deceive the purchaser, and in that the product 
was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On March 19, 1911, the court, sustaining the charge in the libel, 
entered a decree of condemnation and confiscation of the product, 
with the proviso that, upon the payment of the costs and the execu- 
tion of a bond by the Sharp Elliott Manufacturing Co., claimants, 
conditioned as provided by section 10 of the Food and Drugs Act, 
the goods seized be released and delivered to the company.
JAMBS WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30, 1911.
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