6511. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. U. S. * * * v. 17 Bar??
rels of Alleged Sugar Vinegar. Defanlt decree of condemnation,?
forfeiture, and sale.     (F. & D. No. 8808.     I. S. No. 8152^-p.     S. No. C-814.)
On February 20, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Oklahoma, 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 17 barrels of alleged sugar vinegar, remaining unsold in the?
original, unbroken packages at Muskogee, Okla., alleging that the article had?
been shipped on or about October 20, 1917, by the Ozark Cider & Vinegar Co.,?
Siloam Springs, Ark., and transported from the State of Arkansas into the State?
of Oklahoma, 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 dis??
tilled vinegar or added dilute acetic acid had been mixed and packed therewith,?
so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had?
been substituted in part for sugar vinegar, which the article purported to be.
Adulteration of the article was alleged for the further reason that it was?
colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was an imitation?
of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article,?
to wit, sugar vinegar; and for the further reason that it was labeled and?
branded so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser thereof.
On June 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 sold by the United States marshal at public auction after?
first properly labeling and branding same.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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