5900.  Adulteration   and misbranding of   vinegar.     U.   S.    *    *    ?  v.   K.   M. 
Hughes  Inc  Co., a corporation.     Plea  of guilty.     Fine, $50.     (F.  & D.
No. 7065.    I. S. Nos. 16515-k, 16517-k, 3 2509-k.)
On February 16, 1917, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
R. M. Hughes & Co., a corporation, doing business at Louisville, Ky. and 
Middleport, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on or about September 11, 1914, from the State of New York 
into the State of Tennessee, and on or about May 20, 1915, and May 26, 1915, 
into the State of Iowa, of quantities of an article labeled in part, " Capitol 
Pure Apple Vinegar 40 grain " and " New York State Pure Apple Cider Vinegar 
* * Diluted to 4J% Acetic Strength," which was adulterated and mis- 
branded.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the following results expressed as grams per 100 cc unless 
otherwise stated:
Shipment of—•
Alcohol (per cent by volume) 
Glycerol 
Solids 
Nonsugar solids 
Reducing sugar as invert after evaporation 
Ash 
Alkalinity of soluble ash (cc. N/10 acid per 100 cc.)
Total phosphoric acid (P2O5) (mg. per 100 cc.) 
Acidity as acetic 
May 20, 
1915.
1.30
.20
1.56
1.25
.31
.28
26.6
24.0
4.39
May 26, 
1915.
1.65
.21
1.56
1.24
.32
.29
26.8
24.3
4.33
Sept. 11, 
1914.
0.56
.15
1.64
1.32
.32
.29
29.20
17.8
4.08
The above analyses indicate that the product consists in part 
of a dilute solution of acetic acid or distilled vinegar, and is not 
a genuine cider vinegar.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was alleged for the reason 
that a substance, to wit, dilute acetic acid or distilled vinegar, had been mixed 
and packed therewith so as to lower, reduce, and injuriously affect its quality 
and strength, and had been substituted in whole or in part for pure apple 
vinegar 40 grain or pure apple cider vinegar diluted to 4J per cent acetic 
strength, or apple cider vinegar diluted to 4J per cent acetic strength, as the 
case might be, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article in each shipment was alleged for the reason that 
the statement borne on the barrels containing it regarding the article and the 
ingredients and substances contained therein, to wit, " Pure Apple Vinegar 40 
Grain," or " Pure apple cider vinegar * * * diluted to 4J% acetic strength," 
or "Apple Cider Vinegar * * * diluted to 4J% Acetic Strength," as the 
case might be, was false and misleading in that it falsely represented that 
the article was a pure apple vinegar 40 grain, or a pure apple cider vinegar 
diluted to 4J- per cent acetic strength, or an apple cider vinegar diluted to *4J 
per cent acetic strength, and for the further reason that it was labeled as 
aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it 
was a pure apple vinegar 40 grain, or a pure apple cider vinegar * * * 
diluted to 4A per cent acetic strength, or an apple cider vinegar diluted to 
4i per cent acetic strength, when, in truth and in fact, it was' not, but was a 
mixture of less than 40 grain, or 4$ per cent acetic strength, composed in part 
of dilute acetic acid or distilled vinegar, and for the further reason that it was
a mixture composed as aforesaid and was offered for sale under the distinctive 
name of another article, to wit, "Pure apple vinegar 40 grain," or "Pure apple 
(idea vinegar * * * diluted to 4|% acetic strength," or "Apple Cider 
Vinegar    *    *    *    Diluted to 4i% Acetic Strength."
On November 27, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to 
theinformation, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
CAKL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.