5917. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar.    U. S.   *   *    *   v.  80 Bar- 
rels of Vinegar.    Product ordered released on bond.     (F. & D. No.
7916.    I. S. No. 10842-m.    S. No. C-602.)
On December 16, 1916, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Wisconsin, 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 80 barrels of vinegar, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at Chippewa Falls, Wis., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about September 23, 1916, by the Security Trust Co., receiver 
for the Williams Bros. Co., Detroit, Mich., and transported from the State of 
Michigan into the State of Wisconsin, and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
product made from dried apple products mixed in diluted acetic acid or dis- 
tilled vinegar had been substituted wholly or in part for pure apple cider 
vinegar.
It was alleged in substance that the article was misbranded for the reason 
that the barrels were labeled, " Williams Pure Apple Cider Vinegar Full 
Strength * * *," whereas it was not pure apple cider vinegar but a product 
made from dried apple products mixed in [with] diluted acetic acid or distilled 
vinegar, and the label thereon and the statement regarding the article were 
false and misleading; and for the further reason that it was an imitation of 
pure apple cider vinegar, to wit, a product made from dried apple products 
mixed in [with] diluted acetic acid or distilled vinegar, and was offered for 
sale under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, pure apple cider 
vinegar, and for the further reason that the article was labeled and branded 
as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser.
On January 27, 1917, the said Security Trust Co., claimant, having filed a 
petition for the release of the property, it was ordered by the court that the 
product should be released 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
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
On December 30, 1916, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Wisconsin, 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 150 cases, each colonic about 100 cans of sardines, 
remaining- unsold in the original unbroken packages at Green Bay, Wis., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped on or a1: out November 13, 1916, by the 
Lubec Sardine Co., Lubec, Me., and transported from the State of Maine into 
the State of Wisconsin, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, " Seashore Brand American Sar- 
dines."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On December 4, 1917, the said Lubec Sardine 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, conditioned in 
part that the article should be examined by representatives of this department, 
the unfit portion to be destroyed, and the good portion to be delivered to said 
claimants.
C. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.