NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2603.
(Glen pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
U. S. v. Forty Barrels Vinegar.   Decree of condemnation by default.   Goods
ordered sold.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF VINEGAR.
On October 28, 1912, the United States Attorney for the District 
of Kansas, 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 40 barrels of vinegar re- 
maining unsold in the original unbroken packages and in possession 
of the Ranney Davis Mercantile Co., Arkansas City, Kans., alleging 
that the product had been shipped on or about August 30, 1912, by 
the O. L. Gregory Vinegar Co., Paris, Tex., and transported from 
the State of Texas into the State of Kansas, and charging adultera- 
tion and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
Thirty barrels of the product were labeled: " Ranney Davis Mer- 
cantile Company, distributors, Arkansas City, Kansas, sweet clover 
brand pure cider vinegar." Ten barrels were labeled: " Ranney 
Davis Mercantile Co., distributors, Arkansas City, Kans., Clover 
Brand Pure Cider Vinegar." Each of the ten barrels contained three 
dozen bottles of the product which were labeled: " Sweet clover 
brand pure cider vinegar, bottled for the Ranney Davis Merc. Co., 
Arkansas City, Kansas."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason 
that it was a distilled vinegar or a dilute solution of acetic acid 
and added ash material, thereby reducing the quality and strength 
of said so-called vinegar, and it was composed wholly or in part of 
a dilute solution of acetic acid and added ash material in violation 
of section 7, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Food and Drugs Act of June
30, 1906. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the quota- 
tions worded and designed on the labels of the product conveyed the 
impression that it was pure cider vinegar, when in truth and in fact 
it was wholly or in part a distilled vinegar or a dilute solution of 
acetic acid to which ash material had been added, and said quota- 
tions, wording, and designs on the labels were calculated to mislead 
the purchaser, and were therefore false and misleading.
On March 11, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, the court 
finding the product misbranded, and it was ordered that said product 
should be sold by the United States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 18, 1913.
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