NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2474.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs let.)
V.  S. v.  Spielmann Bros.  Co.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $100 and  costs.
ADULTERATION OF VINEGAR.
On October 10, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district an information against Spielmann Bros. Co., a corporation, 
Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on September 19, 1910, from the State of 
Illinois into the State of Indiana, of a quantity of vinegar which 
was adulterated. The product was labeled: " Guaranteed Cider 
Vinegar 6 Per Centum Spielman Bros. Co., Mf is. 5727 ".
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this Department showed the following results: Solids (grams 
per 100 cc), 2.35; polarization, —2.01° V.; reducing sugars direct 
(grams per 100 cc), 1.09; reducing sugars invert (grams per 
100 cc), 1.10; ash (grams per 100 cc), 0.41; water insoluble ash 
(grams per 100 cc), 0.02; alkalinity of water soluble ash (cc N/10 
acid per 100 grams), 40.0; water soluble P205 (mg per 100 cc), 25.3; 
water insoluble P205 (mg per 100 cc), 6.0; total acid, as acetic (grams 
per 100 cc), 6.20; fixed acid, as malic (grams per 100 cc), 0.016; 
color (since cell, Brewer's scale), 7.0; pentosans (grams per 100 cc), 
0.13; alcoholic precipitate (grams per 100 cc), 0.14; glycerol (grams 
per 100 cc), 0.11. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the 
information for the reason that a liquid preparation, to wit, a dilute
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solution of acetic acid, commonly known as distilled vinegar, and a 
foreign product high in reducing sugars prepared in imitation of 
genuine cider vinegar, had been mixed and packed with the product 
so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength. 
Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that a certain liquid 
preparation, to wit, a dilute solution of acetic acid, known as dis- 
tilled vinegar, and a product containing a high percentage of reducing 
sugars, which had been manufactured in imitation of-pure apple 
cider vinegar, was substituted wholly or in part for the product. 
Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that a certain liquid 
preparation, to wit, apple cider vinegar and a dilute solution of 
acetic acid, otherwise known as distilled vinegar, fortified with apple 
cider, which had been manufactured in imitation of genuine apple 
cider vinegar, was substituted wholly or in part for the product.
On February 21, 1913, the defendant company withdrew its former 
plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty to the information 
and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 28, 1913.
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