9049. Adulteration and Misbranding of vinegar.   V. S.   *   *   *   v. 15 Barrels of Vinegar.
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.   Product ordered released on bond.
(F. & D. No., 10787.    I. S. No. 12737-r.   S. No. E-1620.)
On July 14, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 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 15 barrels of vinegar, 
consigned on April 15, 1919, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Hartford, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped by F. E. Jewett & Co.," 
Lowell, Mass., and transported from the State of Massachusetts into the State of 
Connecticut, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, "F. E. Jewett & Co. Pure Cider Vinegar 
Made From Apples."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that distilled 
vinegar and excessive water had been mixed and packed therewith, so as to reduce,1 
lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly 
or in part for said article. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the 
article had been colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the labels upon each of 
the barrels bore certain statements and words regarding the article, to wit, "Pur0 
Cider Vinegar Made From Apples Reduced To 4%," which statements and words 
were false and misleading, and were intended to be of such a character as to induce 
the purchaser to believe that the product was pure cider vinegar, when, in truth and 
in fact, it was not. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article 
was an imitation of, and offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article,' 
to wit, pure cider vinegar.
On February 6, 1920, F. E. Jewett & Co., Lowell, Mass., claimant, having con- 
sented 4® the filing of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,
and it was ordered by the court that the product be redelivered to said claimant upon 
payment of all the costs of the proceedings, and the execution of bond in the sum of 
$440, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Aiding Secretary of Agriculture.