NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 3356.
(Siren pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF VODKA.
On September 27, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania, 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 five cases, each 
containing 24 bottles of vodka, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages and in the possession of Michael Bosak, Scranton, 
Pa., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about August 
20, 1912, from New York, N. Y., and transported from the State of 
New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled 
in Russian, and was also labeled in English as follows: "Monopole 
Vodka, made and bottled by the Russian Monopole."
Misbranding of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason 
that it was labeled as aforesaid, thereby indicating, declaring, and 
publishing, and intending thereby to publish and declare, that the 
product was genuine vodka, of Russian manufacture, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, it was not such genuine vodka, but consisted of 
110 proof spirits, in imported vodka bottles, in imitation of and sub- 
stituted for genuine vodka, and further, that the labels upon the 
product, proclaiming it to be " Monopole Vodka, made and bottled 
by the Russian Monopole," were misleading and false, for the reason 
that it was not genuine vodka of Russian manufacture, but consisted 
of an imitation of genuine vodka, in imported vodka bottles, and 
labeled as above indicated, in imitation of and substituted for genuine 
vodka, of Russian manufacture, and thereby intended to mislead and 
deceive the purchaser, so as to offer the product for sale under the 
distinctive name of another article.
On October 24,1912, no claimant having appeared for the property,
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was
further ordered that the product should be sold by the United States
marshal.
W. M. HATS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C, January #7,1913.
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