D188. Misbranding of cider vinegar. IT. S. * * * v. 41 Dozen Bottles 
* * * of Cider Vinegar. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 14206. I. S. No. 8693-t. S. No. 
E-3028.)
On January 18, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed; in the Supreme Court 
of the District aforesaid, holding a district- court, a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 41 dozen bottles, more or less, of cider vinegar, at Washington, 
D. C, alleging that the article had been offered for sale and sold at the Dis- 
trict aforesaid, by C. W. Davis & Son, Washington, D..-C, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The-article 
Was labeled in part, " Pure Cider 'Vinegar Made From The Juice Of Fresh 
Apples 32 oz. C. W. Davis & Son, Washington, D. C.    *.-**»
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
bottles containing the article were labeled "32 oz.," which labeling was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser by representing that the 
bottles contained 32 ounces of the article, whereas, in truth and in fact, said 
bottles contained a less amount, and for the further reason that the article was 
food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and 
conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On March 15, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was 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.