NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1167.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF VINEGAR.
On June 21, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District of 
Massachusetts, acting upon a report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a 
libel praying condemnation and forfeiture of 73 barrels of vinegar in 
the possession of Haskell Adams & Co., Boston, Mass. The product 
was labeled "Pure Cider Vinegar put up for Haskell Adams and 
Company, Boston, Mass." Each of the barrels was stamped as to 
capacity, indicating the vinegar content which was invoiced and 
charged for accordingly.
Accurate gauging of said barrels by inspectors of the Bureau of 
Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture showed 
there was a shortage in the total consignment of 10(H gallons. The 
libel alleged that the vinegar after shipment by the Vermont Fruit 
Co., from Bellows Falls, Vt., into the State of Massachusetts re- 
mained in the original unbroken package and was misbranded in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, because the 
contents of said barrels were stated in measure but were not cor- 
rectly stated, as hereinbefore shown, and that the product was, 
therefore, liable to seizure for confiscation.
On June 21, 1911, the cause coming on to be heard, on the informa- 
tion and the admission by the claimant that the merchandise pro- 
ceeded against was misbranded as set forth in the information, the 
court entered a decree adjudging the said vinegar misbranded as 
alleged in the libel and condemning and forfeiting it to the United 
States, but with a proviso that the merchandise should be delivered 
to the claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings 
and the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond to the 
effect that the merchandise should not be sold or disposed of con- 
trary to law.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D, C, October 10, 1911.
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