8441.?'Adulteration  and  inisltranding-  of vinegar.     XJ.  S.     *      *      *     v. R.  M.
Hughes <fe  Co., a Corporation.    Plea  of guilty.     Fine, S(!25.     (F.  & D.
No. 9602.    I.  S. No. 11909-p, 12122-p.)
On April 28, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
?Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
R. M, Hughes & Co., a corporation, Louisville, Ky., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Pood and Drugs Act, on or about January 10,
1918,?and October 23, 1917, from the State of Kentucky into the State of?
Missouri, of a quantity of an article, labeled in part
" Distilled * * * Vine??
gar 80 grain," which was adulterated and misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the'article'by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it was of less than 80 grain acid strength.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that a substance, to wit, a vinegar of less than 80 grain strength, had been?
mixed and packed therewith so as to lower-and reduce and injuriously affect?
its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part for vinegar '80 grain,?
which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Vinegar?
SO grain," borne on the barrels containing the article, regarding it and the?
ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and misleadig in that?
it represented that said article was vinegar 80 grain, and for the further reason?
that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the pur??
chaser into the belief that it was vinegar 80 grain, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
said article was not vinegar 80 grain, but was vinegar of less than 80 grain.
On October 14, 1919, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf?
of the defendant corporation, and the court imposed a fine of ,$25.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.