5841. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. V. S. * * * v. TO 
Barrels * * * ot * * * Viitegar. Decree of condemnation. 
Product ordered released on bond. (P. & D. No. 8S76. I. S. No. 
12188-m.    S. No. C-717.)
On July 28, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana, act- 
ing 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 70 barrels of a product purporting to be pure apple vinegar, remaining un- 
sold in the original unbroken packages at Evansville, Ind., alleging that the ar- 
ticle had been received on or about May 15, 1917, having been shipped by the 
Banner Vinegar Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and transported from the State of 
Ohio into the State of Indiana, and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, 
" Homade Brand Pure Apple Vinegar."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it had 
mixed and packed with it distilled vinegar, or a solution of dilute acetic acid, 
which had been substituted in part for pure apple vinegar, so as to reduce, 
lower, and injuriously affect its quality.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was an imitation 
of pure apple vinegar, and consisted in part of distilled vinegar, or a solution 
of dilute acetic acid, which had been substituted in part for pure apple vinegar, 
and was offered for sale under the-distinctive name of pure apple vinegar when, 
in fact, it was not, and for the further reason that it was labeled and branded 
as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it 
was pure apple vinegar when, in fact,   it was not.
On October 6, 1917, the said Banner Vinegar Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and the 
claimant having paid the costs of the proceedings and executed bond in the 
sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, it was ordered by the 
court that the product should be released to the said claimant.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,