F.   & D.  No.  4055.
S. No. 1405.	
Issued February 4, 1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE Or JUDGMENT NO. 1871.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF RASPBERRY YINEGAR.
On May 29, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern Dis??
trict of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri??
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said?
district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 25 cases, each?
containing 24 so-called pint bottles of raspberry vinegar, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages and in possession of the?
Pennsylvania Railroad Co., at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the?
product had been shipped on or about May 24, 1912, by the Crown?
Cordial & Extract Co., and transported from the State of New York?
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: (On?
cases) " Two Dozen Pints Raspberry Vinegar." (On bottles) " H. G.?
Brand Raspberry Vinegar."
Misbranding was alleged in the libel for the reason that the product?
bore the labels set forth above, which said statement on the label was?
false and misleading in that it purported to state in terms of measure?
the contents of each of the cases, to wit, 2 dozen pints raspberry?
vinegar, which said statement did not correctly state the contents of?
the cases in that each of the 2 dozen bottles contained in each of the?
cases did not contain one pint of the product, but on the contrary?
contained from 334 to 380 cubic centimeters.
On June 19, 1912, the said Crown Cordial & Extract Co., claimant,?
New York, N. Y., having consented to a decree, judgment of condem??
nation and forfeiture was entered, and it was further ordered that?
upon payment of all costs of the proceedings, amounting to $11.40,?
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $300, in conformity with?
section 10 of the Act, the product should be released and delivered to
said claimant.
W. M. HATS,
Acting Secretat^y of AgrieaHture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 28, 191$.
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