3360.?Adulteration and misbranding; of vinegar.    U. S. v. 15 Cases, More or
Less, of So-called Pure Cider Vinegar, and 37 Cases, More or Less,?
of So-called Pure Sugar Vinegar. Default decrees of condemna??
tion and forfeiture. Product ordered sold. (F. & D. No. 5397. I. S.?
Nos. 81-h, 82-h.    S. No. 1989.)
On November 1, 1913, 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 libels for the seizure and condemnation?
of 15 cases, more or less, each containing 1 dozen bottles of so-called pure?
cider vinegar, and 37 cases, more or less, each containing 2 dozen bottles of?
so-called pure sugar vinegar, remaining unsold in the original unbroken pack??
ages at Kansas City, Kans., alleging that the product had been shipped on?
or about September 17, 1913, and transported from the State of Missouri into?
tlif State of Kansas, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act. The 15 cases and the bottles therein contained?
were labeled: " Paragon Brand Pure Cider Vinegar?Put up by Kansas City?
Preserving Co., Kansas City, Mo." The 37 cases and the bottles therein con??
tained were labeled: " Paragon Brand Pure Sugar Vinegar?Put up by Levi-
Supplement.]    SERVICE  AND REGULATORY  ANNOUNCEMENTS.	571
son Preserving Co., Kansas City, Mo.?Guaranteed by the Levison Preserving?
Co. under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 06."
Adulteration of the products was alleged in the libels for the reason that?
they were not cider vinegar and sugar vinegar, respectively, but were adul??
terated in that said products consisted in whole or in part of distilled vinegar?
or dilute acetic acid which had been mixed and packed with and substituted?
for the pure products in such a manner as to reduce or lower or injuriously?
affect their quality and strength. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that?
to each case and each bottle was attached a brand or label in the words and?
figures set forth above, respectively, and that said labels were misleading and?
false and calculated to induce the purchaser to believe that said so-called?
cider vinegar and said so-called sugar vinegar were pure, when, in truth and?
in fact, the same were adulterated as hereinbefore set forth, and that by rea??
son of said false and misleading brands or labels said cases and bottles con??
tained therein and the products therein were subject to seizure and confiscation.
On January 12, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered and it was ordered by the?
court that the products should be sold by the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 24, 19J4.