7151. Adulteration and Misbranding of vinegar, TT. S. * * * v. Oscar X,, 
Gregory (O. h. Gregory Vinegar Co.). Plea of nolo contendere. 
Fine, $50.
'    (F. & D. No. 8064.     I. S. No. 11120-m.)
On October 15, 1918, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against Oscar 
L. Gregory, trading as the O. L. Gregory Vinegar Co., Paris, Tex., alleging ship- 
ment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
February 2, 1917, from the State of Texas into the State of Oklahoma, of a 
quantity of an article, labeled in part "Arkansaw Pure Apple Vinegar," which 
was adulterated and misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the following results, expressed as grams per 100 cc. 
unless otherwise stated:
Alcohol  (per cent by volume) 
0.96
Glycerol 
. 34
Solids 
3.92
Nonsugar solids 
3.12
Reducing sugars as invert after evaporation, after inversion . 80
Ash 
.51
Acidity,  as acetic 
5. 28
Fixed acid, as malic 
. 10
Analysis   shows   that  the  product   consisted  in  part  of  apple 
waste vinegar and distilled vinegar, or dilute acetic acid.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a product prepared from apple waste and distilled vinegar or a dilute 
solution of acetic acid had been substituted wholly or in part for pure apple 
vinegar, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, 
to wit, " Pure Apple Vinegar," borne on the label attached to the bottle con- 
taining the article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained 
therein, was false and misleading in that it represented that the article was 
pure apple vinegar, 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 pure 
apple vinegar, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was a'product 
prepared from apple waste and distilled vinegar or a dilute solution of acetic 
acid.
On April 1, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the in- 
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
E. D. BALL, A cting Secretary of Agriculture.