4230. Adulteration and misbranding' of vinegar. TJ. S. v. 10 Barrels and 10?
Half'Barrela of Vinegar * * *. Consent decree of condemnation?
and  forfeiture.-     Product- ordered  released  on bond.     (P.  & D. No.
6518.    I. S. Nos. 13844-k, 13S45-k.    S. No. C-214.)     ??
On May 8, 1915, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Arkan??
sas, 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 condem??
nation of 10 barrels and 10 half-barrels of vinegar, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Pine Bluff, Ark., alleging that the product had?
been shipped and transported from the State of Tennessee into the State of?
Arkansas, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The product was . labeled : "Dawson Bros. Mfg. Co., Inc.,?
Memphis, Tenn. Southern Beauty Brand Pure Apple Vinegar Reduced to 4??
Acetic Strength."
It was alleged in the libel that the barrels of vinegar were misbranded in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the label upon said barrels?
being "Southern Beauty Brand Pure Apple Vinegar. Reduced to 4? Acetic?
Strength," whereas an analysis showed that the product was not pure apple?
vinegar as labeled, but consisted wholly or in part of distilled' vinegar or of?
dilute acetic acid which had been substituted for, and mixed with, said apple?
vinegar so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength,?
whereby the said product was adulterated and misbranded in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act above mentioned.?
On June 15, 1915, the Dawson Bros. Manufacturing Co., Memphis, Tenn.;?
claimant, having consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and for??
feiture was entered, and it wTas ordered by the court that the product should?
be delivered to said claimant company, upon payment of the costs of the pro??
ceedings and the execution of bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with?
section 10 of the act.
.0. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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