E390. Misbranding and alleged Adulteration of vinegar. IT. S. * * (* v« 
65 Barrels * * * of "Vinegar. Consent decree of condemnation 
and  forfeiture.    Product  ordered   released   on  bond.     (F.  &  D.  No.
7915.    I. S. No. 11347-m.    S. No. C-601.)
On December 14, 1916, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, 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 65 barrels of vinegar, consigned by the Security Trust Co., 
receiver for the Williams Brothers Co., Detroit, Mich., remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at Portsmouth, Ohio, alleging that the article had 
been shipped and transported from the State of Michigan into the State of 
Ohio, the shipment having been received about August 23, 1916, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part; " The Williams Bros. Co., of Detroit, Apple Cider 
Vinegar Reduced with Water to 40 Grains."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that waste vinegar reduced with distilled 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 whole or in part for the 
article labeled, "Apple Cider Vinegar."
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the labels upon the barrels bore 
a statement, to wit, "Apple Cider Vinegar," regarding the article and the in- 
gredients and substances contained therein, which was false and misleading 
in that said article was not apple cider vinegar, but was a mixture of waste 
vinegar and distilled vinegar or dilute acetic acid; for the further reason that 
it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the 
belief that it was apple cider vinegar, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, 
but was a mixture product made from dried apple products mixed with dilute 
acetic acid or distilled vinegar; and for the further reason that it was an imi- 
tation of and offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, to 
wit, apple cider vinegar.
On January 29, 1917, the said Security Trust Co., receiver of the Williams 
Brothers Co., claimant, having consented to a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture was entered, the court finding the product misbranded, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product should be relabeled under the 
supei vision of a representative of this department, and released to said claim- 
ant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a 
bond in the sum of $150, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.