P. & D. No. 2862.
S. No. 1032.	
Issued August 3, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF -JUDGMENT NO. 1554.
(Giyen pursuant to section i of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF CIDER YiNBGAR.
On August 23, 1911, the United States Attorney for tne District of?
Connecticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel?
for the seizure and condemnation of 50 barrels of vinegar remaining?
unsold and in the original unbroken packages, in the possession of?
the F. C. Bushnell Co., New Haven, Conn., alleging that the product?
had been shipped on or about July 29, 1911, by Place Bros., Oswego,?
N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the State?
of Connecticut, charging adulteration and misbranding in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: " Guaranty?
legend, Place Bros., Cider Vinegar. Oswego, N. Y. Extra?Farm?
Orchard Brand?Not made by a Trust?Test No. 19?Pure Cider?
Vinegar Made from Apples."
Adulteration was alleged in the libel for the reason that the product?
was composed in whole or in part of a dilute solution of acetic acid?
or distilled vinegar and a product high in reducing sugars and a?
foreign mineral matter mixed and prepared in imitation of and sub??
stituted for pure cider vinegar. Misbranding was alleged for the?
reason that the product was shipped, sold, and invoiced as pure?
cider vinegar, and had the appearance of pure cider vinegar and was?
contained during the shipment, transportation, and delivery in bar??
rels or individual packages, branded "Guaranty legend, Place Bros.,?
Cider Vinegar. Oswego, N. Y., Extra?Farm Orchard Brand?Not?
made by a Trust?Test No. 19?Pure Cider Vinegar Made from?
Apples.", whereas said product was actually, as a matter of fact, not?
pure cider vinegar but a certain other product, to wit, a mixture of?
a dilute solution of acetic acid or distilled vinegar and a product
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high in reducing sugars and foreign mineral matter mixed and pre??
pared in imitation of cider vinegar.
On March 27, 1912, the claimants, B. A. and F. L. Place, having?
consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was?
entered and it was further ordered that upon payment by the claim??
ants of all the costs in the proceedings and the execution by them?
of a good and sufficient bond in conformity with section 10 of the?
Act, the 52 barrels of vinegar which had been seized by the United?
States marshal should be released and delivered to said claimants.
W.M.HAYS,
Acting /Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3, 1912.
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