5786. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. V. S. * * * v. 4 Tanks 
of Vinegar Compound. Consent decree of condemnation and for- 
feiture.    Product ordered released on bond.     (F. & D. No. 8231.    I. S.
No.  20182-m.    S. No.  C-689.)
On April 21, 1917, the United States attorney for the v Northern District of 
Texas, 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 condemna- 
tion of tanks of vinegar compound, remaining unsold in the original tinbroken 
packages at Dallas, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped on April 2, 
1917, by the Gist-Leo Vinegar Co., Springfield, Mo., and transported from the 
State of Missouri into the State of Texas, and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled, " Leo 
Cider Vinegar Co. Manfs. Pure Cider Vinegar," and was invoiced in part as 
" Cider vinegar 50 Gr."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that distilled vinegar or added dilute acetic acid had been mixed and packed 
therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and 
strength, and had been substituted in part for cider vinegar.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance for the reason that it 
was labeled and branded as pure cider vinegar and as cider vinegar, when, 
in truth and in fact, it was not, but was a combination of such vinegar and dis- 
tilled vinegar or added dilute acetic acid; and for the further reason that it was 
an imitation of cider vinegar, and was not cider vinegar or pure cider vinegar, 
as indicated and represented by its brand and label; and for the further reason 
that it was labeled and branded so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser in 
that it was labeled and branded as cider vinegar and pure cider vinegar, when, 
in truth and in fact, it was not, but was a mixture of such vinegar and distilled 
vinegar or added dilute acetic acid.
On June 13, 1917, the said Gist-Leo Vinegar Co., claimant, having consented 
to a decree, 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.
QAML YBOOMAB, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.