3889. Adulteration and misbranding of so-called pure cider vinegar.   U. S. v. Spielmanu?
Bros. Co.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $25 and costs.   (F. & D. No. 4130.   I. S. No. 856-d.)
On August 4, 1913, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the?
United States for said district an information against Spielmann Bros. Co., a cor??
poration, Chicago, 111., alleging the sale by said company, on May 10, 1911, under a?
written guaranty that the product complied with the National as well as the pure-food?
laws of all States, of a quantity of so-called pure cider vinegar which was an adulte??
rated and misbranded article of food within the meaning of the Food and Diugs Act,?
and which said article, after having been repacked but not altered, adulterated, or?
misbranded in any manner by the purchaser thereof, was on May 12, 1911, in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, shipped by said purchaser from the State of Illinois?
into the State of Iowa, and thereafter a portion of said product was shipped by the?
Iowa consignee thereof on June 7,1911, from the State of Iowa into the State of South?
Dakota, in violation of said Food and Drugs Act.
The defendant company invoiced the product as "Puie Cider Vinegar, 45 grain."?
The purchaser under the guaranty, after repacking it, labeled the same "#32 Mason?
Squire 45 grain Cider Vinegar." The Iowa consignee labeled the portion that he?
shipped "#32 Tac-co quarts Cider Vinegar."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depaitment?
showed the following results, expressed as grams per 100 cc, unless otherwise stated:
Glycerol?
?0.10
Solids?
?1.C9
Nonsugar solids?
?1.12
Reducing sugar before inversion after evaporation?
?0. 57
Sugar in solids (per cent)?
?33. 8
Polarization, direct, at 28? C. (?V.)?
?-0.9
Ash?
?0.36
Alkalinity of soluble ash (cc N/10 acid per 100 cc)?
?38. 0
Total P205 (mg per 100 cc)?
?24. 4
Acetic acid?.'?
?4. 62
Fixed acid?
?0. 01
Lead precipitate: Medium.
Color (degrees, Brewer's scale, 0.5-inch cell)?
?6. 0
Ash in nonsugar solids (per cent)?
?32.1
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that it?
was sold and delivered as pure cider vinegar, 45 grain, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
another substance, to wit, a dilute solution of acetic acid, commonly known as dis??
tilled vinegar, and a foreign product high in reducing sugars and added ash mate??
rial, had been mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce and lower and inju??
riously affect its quality and strength; further, in that a liquid preparation, to wit,?
a dilute solution of acetic acid, commonly known as distilled vinegar, and a foreign?
product high in reducing sugars and added ash material, had been substituted wholly?
for the article of food aforesaid; and, further, in that a liquid preparation, to wit, a?
dilute solution of acetic acid, commonly known as distilled vinegar, and a foreign?
product high in reducing sugars and added ash material, had been substituted in part?
for the article of food aforesaid. Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason?
that it was so sold and delivered by the defendant company as pure cider vinegar,?
45 grain, whereas, in truth and in fact, it consisted of a solution of acetic acid, com??
monly known as distilled vinegar, and a foreign product high in reducing sugars and?
added ash material, and was an imitation of another article of food, to wit, pure cider?
vinegar, 45 grain; further, in that said article of food was so sold and delivered as?
pure cider vinegar, 45 grain, whereas, in truth and in fact, it consisted of a dilute
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solution of acetic acid, commonly known as distilled vinegar, and a foreign product?
high in i educing sugars and added ash material, which was offered for sale under?
the distinctive name of another article of food, to wit, pure cider vinegar, 45 grain.
On August 7, 1914, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion, and on September 15, 1914, the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,?
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 28, 1915.?
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