4416. Adulteration and misbranding? of vinegar. V. S, v. Leronx Cider and?
Vinegar Co. Plea of nolo contendere. Sentenced to pay costs of?
the proceeding's.     (F. & D. No. 6256.    I. S. No. 7341-e.)
On June 26, 1915, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Ohio, 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 Leroux?
Cider and. Vinegar Co., a corporation, Toledo, Ohio, alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 7, 1912,?
from the State of Ohio into the State of Indiana, of a quantity of vinegar,?
which was adulterated and misbranded. That article-was labeled: (On end?
of barrel) "Reduced to not less than 4? acidity. Imperial Brand Fermented?
Apple Cider Vinegar Manufactured by The Leroux Vinegar Co. Toledo Ohio."?
(On reverse end)   "Sept. 3-12."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau . of Chemistry of this?
department showed the following results:
Alcohol   (per cent by volume)?
?0.05
Glycerol (grams per 100 cc)?
?0.62
Solids (grams per 100 cc)?:?
?1.91
Nonsugar solids   (grams per 100 cc)?
?1.12
Reducing sugars (gram per 100 cc)?
?0.79
Ash (gram per 100 cc)?
?0.32
?Acid-as acetic (grams per 100 cc)?
?4.31
Alkalinity of soluble ash (cc N/10 acid per 100 grams)??34. 8
Total phosphoric acid (milligrams per 100 grams)?
?23.2
Ash in nonsugar solids (percent)?
.??28.5
Polarization/clirect (?V)?
??1.3
Sugar  in solids   (per cent)?
?41.35
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
a mixture of distilled vinegar or dilute acetic acid, a substance high in reducing?
sugars, mineral matter, and glycerin, made in imitation of cider vinegar, had?
been mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce or lower and injuriously?
affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly or in part for?
cider vinegar, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged in the information for the reason that the state??
ment, to wit, "Apple Cider Vinegar," borne on the barrels containing the article,?
was false and misleading in that it purported and represented the article to?
be cider vinegar, and was such as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the?
belief that it was genuine apple cider vinegar, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
it was not, but was a mixture of distilled vinegar or dilute acetic acid, a sub??
stance high in reducing sugars, mineral matter, and glycerin, made in imitation?
of cider vinegar.
On July 1, 1915, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo contendere?
to the information and was sentenced by the court to pay the costs of the?
proceeding.
GAEL VROOMAA-, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,
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