6335. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. TJ. S. * * * v. 40 Cases of Vinegar.?
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 7944. I.?
S. No. 1936-m.   S.No. E-784.)
On January 1, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Georgia,?
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 40 cases,?
each containing one-half dozen 1-gallon packages of vinegar, at Bainbridge, Ga.,?
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 31, 1916, by Knadler &?
Lucas, Louisville, Ky., and transported from the State of Kentucky into the State of?
Georgia, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part, "Pure Cider Vinegar."
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 pure cider vinegar, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, borne on?
the label to the effect that the product was pure cider vinegar, was false and mislead??
ing, said statement being in regard to such product and the ingredients and sub??
stances contained therein, for the reason that said product contained distilled vinegar?
or added dilute acetic acid; and for the further reason that the statement, borne on the?
label to the effect that the article was pure cider vinegar, was calculated to deceive and?
mislead the purchaser for the reason that, as a matter of fact, it was not pure cider?
vinegar but contained, and consisted in part of, distilled vinegar or added dilute acetic?
acid. Misbranding of the article was alleged for the further reason that it was an imi??
tation of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, to?
wit, cider vinegar, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not pure cider vinegar, but?
contained, and consisted in part of, distilled vinegar or added dilute acetic acid.
On February 22, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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