5407. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. TJ. S. * * * v. 60 Bar- 
rels * * * of Cider Vinegar. Consent decree of condemnation 
and  forfeiture.     Product  ordered  released  on bond.     (F.   &  D.  No.
7941.    I.  S.  No. 10629-m.    S. No. C-617.)
On December 28, 1916, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Illinois, 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 condemnation of 60 barrels of vinegar, consigned on November 6, 1916, 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Bloomington, Ill., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Benton Fruit Products 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. The article was labeled: "Wishbone Brand Cider 
Vinegar Reduced to Four Percent Acetic Strength " and " Extra Wedding Ring 
Brand Cider Vinegar Reduced to Four and one-half per cent Acetic Strength."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that distilled vinegar, boiled cider, and added ash material had been 
mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously 
affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part for said 
article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements appearing on 
the label of the article were false and misleading, and deceived and misled 
the purchaser of the product; and for the further reason that [the] article was 
an imitation of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another 
article, to wit, cider vinegar.
On January 22, 1917, C. B. Gehlert, doing business as the Benton Fruit 
Products Co., Benton Harbor, Mich., claimant, having admitted the allegations 
of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it 
was ordered by the court that the product should be delivered to said claimant 
upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in 
part that the product should be relabeled as imitation cider vinegar.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
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