NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2532.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
U.  S. v.  Dawson Bros.  Manufacturing  Co.     Plea of  guilty.     Fine,  $25  and
costs.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF VINEGAR.
On September 9, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Tennessee, 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 Dawson Bros. Manufacturing Co., a 
partnership, consisting of L. J. Dawson and D. Dawson, Memphis, 
Tenn., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on August 31, 1911, from the State of Tennessee into 
the State of Texas of a quantity of vinegar which was adulterated 
and misbranded. Part of the product was labeled: " Dawson Bros. 
Mfg. Co., Pure Fermented Apple Cider vinegar. (Circle D) Brand. 
Memphis, Tenn." Part of the product was labeled: " Dawson Bros. 
Mfg. Co., Pure Apple Cider vinegar, Memphis, Tenn."
Analyses of samples of the product made by the Bureau of Chem- 
istry of this Department showed the following results:
Sample Sample
No. 1. No. 2.
Solids (grams per 100 cc) 
1.66 
1.65
Ash (grams per 100 cc) 
.30 
.31
Alkalinity  of soluble   ash   (cc  of  N/10   acid   per  100
grams) 
31.20 32.00
Reducing sugar, direct (grams per 100 cc) 
.76 
.75
Non-sugar solids (grams per 100 cc) 
.90 
.90
Lead precipitate 
Medium Medium
Polarization, direct at 28° C.  (°V.) 
—1.20 —1.20
Total acid (grams per 100 cc) 
4.02 
4.02
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Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the 
reason that a substance, to wit, a dilute solution of acetic acid or 
distilled vinegar, a product high in reducing sugars and foreign 
mineral matter, had been substituted wholly or in part for the genu- 
ine article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement "Apple 
cider vinegar " appearing on the label was false and misleading be- 
cause it conveyed the impression that the product was a genuine apple 
cider vinegar conforming to the standard for such article, whereas, 
in truth and in fact, it consisted in whole or in part of a dilute solu- 
tion of acetic acid or distilled vinegar, a product high in reducing 
sugars and foreign mineral matter. Misbranding was alleged for 
the further reason that the product was labeled and branded so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser thereof, being labeled " Apple 
cider vinegar," thereby purporting that it was genuine apple cider 
vinegar conforming to the standard of such article, when, in truth 
and in fact, it consisted in whole or in part of a dilute solution of 
acetic acid or distilled vinegar, a product high in reducing sugars 
and foreign mineral matter.
On November 12, 1912, a plea of guilty to the information was 
entered by defendants and the court imposed a fine of $25, with costs 
of $15.55.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 21,1913.
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