3809. Misbranding of vinegar.   U. S. v. The Eloma Manufacturing Co.   Plea of guilty.   Fine,?
$10 and costs.   (F. & D. No. 3089.   I. S. No. 14531-c.)
On May 12, 1913, the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, acting?
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United?
States for said district an information against The Eloma Manufacturing Co., a cor??
poration, Pueblo, Colo., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 30,1910, from the State of Colorado into?
the State of Kansas, of a quantity of so-called cider vinegar which was misbranded.?
The product was labeled: "Eloma Pure Cider Vinegar Serial No. 11387 Guaran??
teed to test not less than 40 grain. Packed by The Eloma Mfg. Co., Pueblo?
Colorado."
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BUREAU  OF  CHEMISTRY.	
[February,
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Depart??
ment showed the following results:
Solids (grams per 100 cc)?
?0. 97
Nonsugar solids (grams per 100 cc)?
?0. 71
Reducing sugar before inversion (grams per 100 cc)?
?0. 26
Sugar in solids (per cent)?
?26. 81
Polarization, direct?
   ?0.3? V.
Ash (grams per 100 cc)?
?0.22
Alkalinity of soluble ash (cc N/10 acid per 100 cc)?
?21. 6
Total phosphoric acid (mg per 100 cc)?
?16.1
Total acid, as acetic (grams per 100 cc)?
?3. 06
Volatile acid, as acetic (grams per 100 cc)?
?3.05
Fixed acid, as malic (grams per 100 cc)?
?0. 01
Lead precipitate?
 Light amount.
Color (degrees, brewer's scale 0.5 inch)?
?4. 0
Color removed by fuller's earth (per cent)?
?68
Ratio ash to nonsugar solids?
       1 : 3. 3
Alcoholic precipitate (grams per 100 cc)?
?0. 07
Pentosans (grams per 100 cc)?
?0.04
Glycerin (grams per 100 cc)?
?0.09
Misbranding of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that the?
statements on the labels and each of them on the outside of the packages were false?
and misleading and so worded as to deceive and mislead purchasers into the belief?
that the packages contained pure cider vinegar which would test not less than 40?
grain; whereas, in truth and in fact, the packages did not contain pure cider vinegar?
which would test not less than 40 grain as stated on said labels, but, on the contrary,?
the packages contained vinegar which, as shown by test, was of a much less grain?
strength, to wit, 25 grain.
On October 6,1913, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 3, 1914.