6126. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. U. S. * * * v. 60 Bar??
rels of Vinegar. Product ordered released npon payment of costs.?
(F. & D. No. 7212.     I. S. No. 10880-1.     S. No. C-443.)
On February 7, 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 60 barrels of vinegar, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at Madison, Wis., alleging that the article had been shipped?
on or about November 1, 1915, by Barrett & Barrett, a corporation, Chicago.?
111., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Wisconsin, and?
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted wholly or in part of distilled vinegar or diluted acetic acid, and a?
foreign substance had been mixed with it, so as to reduce and injuriously affect?
its quality and strength.
It was alleged in substance that the article was misbranded for the reason?
that it was labeled, " Blue Ribbon Brand Cider Vinegar. Reduced to A\?fo?
Acetic Strength," whereas it was not a cider vinegar, but was a mixture of?
acetic acid or distilled vinegar and a product containing foreign matter, pre??
pared in imitation of cider vinegar, and the statements borne on the label,?
regarding the ingredients and substances contained therein, were false and?
misleading.
On January 19, 1918, the court having read the petition of Barrett & Bar??
rett, claimant, and reposing confidence in the representations of the petitioners?
to the effect that they would not unlawfully sell, offer for sale, or otherwise?
dispose of the vinegar, but would properly mark and lawfully brand the same?
in case of sale and shipment, and on the further agreement to pay all storage?
and other charges, together with the costs of the proceedings, and that the said?
petitioners would abide by any further orders of the court relative to the?
matter, it was ordered by the court that the vinegar should be delivered to said?
claimant, and that the libel should be dismissed.
R. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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