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I. S. No. 4947-b.	
Issued January 11,1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1852.
(GlTen pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF TINEGAR.
On September 3, 1910, the United States Attorney for the Dis??
trict of Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri??
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis??
trict an information against the Otto Kuehne Preserving Co., a?
corporation, Topeka, Kans., alleging shipment by said company,?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on July 26, 1909, from the?
State of Kansas into the Territory of New Mexico of a quantity of?
vinegar which was adulterated and misbranded. The product was?
labeled: "Otto Kuehne Pres. Co. Silver Leaf Cider Vinegar. Topeka,?
Kas.    M. B. Goldenberg Co., Tucumcari, N. M."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry?
of this Department showed the following results: Solids, 1.88 grams?
per 100 cc; nonsugar solids, 1.12 grams per 100 cc; reducing sugar?
invert, 0.76 gram per 100 cc; per cent sugar in solids, 40.4; polariza??
tion direct temperature, ?1.6? V; ash, 0.33 gram per 100 cc; alka??
linity of soluble ash (cc N/10 acid, 100 cc), 28.8; soluble phosphoric?
acid (mg per 100 cc), 6.68; insoluble phosphoric acid (mg per 100?
cc), 12.54; acid as acetic, 3.85 grams per 100 cc; volatile acid as?
acetic, 3.8 grams per 100 cc; fixed acid as malic, 0.06 gram per 100 cc;?
lead precipitate, heavy; color (degrees, brewer's scale 0.5 in.), 7;?
color removed by fuller's earth, 44 per cent; ratio ash to non-sugar?
solids, 1:3.39. Adulteration was alleged in the information for the?
reason that water had been mixed and packed with the vinegar so as?
to reduce and lower its quality and strength, and for the reason that?
water had been substituted in part for the vinegar. Misbranding?
was alleged for the reason that the product was labeled "Silver Leaf?
Cider Vinegar," which label was false and misleading in that it
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indicated that the contents of the original packages of the product?
contained cider vinegar free from dilution of water, whereas each of?
said original packages contained vinegar diluted with water.
On June 10, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty?
to the information and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 26, 1912.
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