NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1060.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR.
On May 13, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Michigan, acting upon the report of the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed information in the District Court of the United States 
for said district, against the Oakland Vinegar & Pickle Co., a corpora- 
tion, alleging shipment by it, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on or about October 7, 1910, from the State of Michigan into the 
State of Minnesota, of 100 barrels of so-called cider vinegar. The 
product was labeled: " Winston Harper Fisher Co., Apple Cider Vine- 
gar, 48 Gals. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oakland Vinegar & Pickle Co., 
Fermented Pure Cider Vinegar, 48 Gals, Saginaw, Mich., Reg. U. S. 
Pat. Off."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry showed the following results:
Solids 
1.73
Reducing sugars direct 
.63
Reducing sugars invert 
.66
Polarization direct 
—1. 60
Ash 
. 32
Water insoluble ash 
.03
Alkalinity of water-soluble ash 
cc  33.40
Water-soluble P205 
mg__ 16. 30
Water insoluble P2Or, 
mg__ 8.40
Total acid as acetic 
4. 55
Fixed acid as malic 
.016
Pentosans 
. 10
Alcoholic precipitate 
. 13
Glycerol 
. 17
Color 
6. 00
Adulteration was alleged for the reason that said vinegar was not 
a straight apple cider vinegar, as represented on the label, but a sub- 
stitution therefor, in part, of a dilute acetic acid or distilled vinegar,
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and foreign material high in reducing sugars, and added mineral sub- 
stances, as shown by the aforesaid analysis. Misbranding was alleged 
for the reason that the words "Apple Cider Vinegar ", appearing on 
the labels, were false and misleading, and calculated to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser into the belief that said product was a pure 
apple cider vinegar, when as a matter of fact, as shown by said 
analysis, the product consisted of a mixture of dilute acetic acid, or 
distilled vinegar, and foreign materials high in reducing sugars, and 
added mineral substances, in imitation of genuine cider vinegar.
On June 1, 1911, the defendant company, by its treasurer, filed a 
plea of nolo contendere, and was fined $2.
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 14,1911.
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