0036. Adulteration and Misbranding of molasses vinegar. 17. S. * * * v. 15 Barrels, 10 
Barrels, and 13 Barrels of Molasses Vinegar. Default decrees of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 12396, 12848, 12849. I. S. Nos. 12599-r, 403-r, 404-r. 
S. Nos. E-2077, E-2323, E-2324.)
On May 4 and June 7, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district libels of information praying the seizure and 
condemnation of 15 barrels, 10 barrels, and 13 barrels of molasses vinegar at Fall 
River and Worcester, Mass., consigned July 26 and July 23, 1919, and February 25, 
1920, by the Carbon Products Co., Providence, R. I., alleging that the article had 
been shipped and transported.from the State of Rhode Island into the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, "Molasses Vinegar," or "Vine- 
gar Made From Molasses," "Carbon Products Co."
Adulteration of the 15 barrels was alleged in the libels of information for the reason 
that excessive water had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in 
part for said article, and for the further reason that it was colored in a manner whereby 
inferiority was concealed. Adulteration of the remainder of the article was alleged 
for the reason that distilled vinegar had been mixed and packed with and substituted 
wholly or in part for molasses vinegar, and for the further reason that it was colored 
in a manner whereby damage or inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, "Molasses 
Vinegar," was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser in that 
the article was not molasses vinegar, and for the further reason that said article was 
an imitation of, and offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article.
On January 31, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments of 
condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.