NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1120.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF  CIDER VINEGAR.
On May 20, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Washington, acting upon the report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed information in the District Court of the United 
States for said district against W. J. Wilson & Son, alleging sale by 
said company under a general guaranty to Powell-Sanders Co., a 
corporation, of a quantity of adulterated and misbranded cider 
vinegar which was subsequently shipped by the said Powell-Sanders 
Co. in the same condition as when received from the said W. J. 
Wilson & Son, on or about August 20, 1910, from the State of Wash- 
ington into the State of Idaho, to the Idaho Mercantile Co., a cor- 
poration. The barrels containing said vinegar were labeled: " Le Roy 
Brand Absolutely Pure Cider Vinegar, Packed by Powell-Sanders 
Co., Wholesale Grocers, Importers and Manufacturers. Spokane, 
Wash."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture showed the following results: Specific gravity 
1.0137; alcohol by volume, 1.17 per cent; glycerol, 0.04; solids 2.35; 
nonsugar solids, 1.70; red. sugars direct as dextrose, 0.495; red. 
sugars invert as dextrose, 0.646; per cent sugar in solids, 27.5; polari- 
zation direct at 26° C, +11.65; polarization invert at 26°, -4-11.72; 
polarization invert at 87°, -(-11.54; ash, 0.176; soluble ash, 0.117; 
insoluble ash, 0.059; alk. soluble ash, 15.2; sol. phos. acids as. per 
100 cc, none; insol. phos. acids as. per 100 cc, 10.66; acid as acetic, 
4.69; volatile acid as acetic, 4.69; fixed acid as malic, slight trace; 
lead precipitate, .very little; color degrees brewer's scale 0.5 in., 6.5; 
color removed by Fuller's earth, 65.5; alcohol precipitate, 0.833; 
pentosans, 0.0365. Adulteration was alleged because a substance, to 
wit, vinegar made from glucose, had been mixed and packed with the
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product so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or 
strength, and had been substituted wholly or in part for the cider 
vinegar. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that it was invoiced 
and sold as cider vinegar when in fact it was an adulterated product 
prepared in imitation of and sold under the distinctive name of 
another article, to wit, cider vinegar.
On June 9, 1911, the defendant company pleaded guilty, and was 
fined $25 and costs.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 18,1911.
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