5197. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. U. S. * * * v. 35 Bar??
rels * * * of Vinegar. Defanlt decree of condemnation, for??
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 7557. I. S. No. 12460-1. S. No.?
C-557.)
On June 27, 1916, 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 35 barrels of vinegar, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article had been shipped on?
June 6, 1916, by the Kinney Cider and Vinegar Co., Benton Harbor, Mich., and?
transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Illinois, and charging?
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that dis??
tilled vinegar or dilute acetic acid had been mixed and packed therewith, so?
as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been?
substituted in part therefor.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, to?
wit, " Pure Apple Cider Vinegar Reduced to Acetic Strength 40 Grain," appear??
ing on its label, was false and misleading in that it represented to the pur??
chaser that the article consisted of pure apple cider vinegar reduced in strength?
as aforesaid, whereas, in truth and in fact, a distilled vinegar or dilute acetic?
acid had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and in??
juriously affect its quality and strength; and for the further reason that the?
aforesaid statement on the label deceived and misled the purchaser into the?
belief that said article was a pure apple cider vinegar reduced in strength as?
aforesaid, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was an imitation of pure apple?
cider vinegar, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another?
article, to wit, pure apple cider vinegar.
On December 8, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
GAEL VBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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