4C04. Misbranding of so-called vodka. U. S. * * * v. 10 Cases * * * of?
alleged Russian "Vodka. Default decree of condemnation, forfei??
ture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 6928.    I. S. No. 11519-1.    S. No. C-354.)
On October 18, 1915, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 10 cases, containing 200 bottles, of vodka, remaining unsold in?
the original unbroken packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article had?
been shipped on July 24, 1915, and transported from the State of New York into?
the State of Illinois, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that each?
of the bottles bore a label containing certain words and figures in the Russian?
language, and in addition the words and figures as follows, to wit, " Monopol?
Vodka Made and Bottled in Russia," which said statement, appearing upon?
each of the labels, was false and misleading in that the labels and the state??
ment appearing thereon as aforesaid purported to state that the article was a?
foreign product, manufactured in Russia, and deceived and misled the pur??
chaser into the belief that it was a genuine vodka bottled and manufactured in?
Russia, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was manufactured in the?
city of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, in the United States of America,?
and was an imitation of the liquor or beverage known as vodka, and was?
offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, the article?
of food, liquor, or beverage known as vodka.
On March 21, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
O. P. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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