0197. Adulteration and Misbranding of vinegar. V. S. * * * v. 23| 
Dozen Bottles * * * of * * * Vinegar. Default decree of 
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13867. I, S. 
No. 8658-t.    S. No. E-2870.)
On November 18, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Colum- 
bia, 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 23£ dozen bottles, more or less, of vinegar, at Wash- 
ington, D. C, alleging that the article had been offered for sale and sold at 
the District aforesaid by C. W. Davis & Son, Washington, D. C, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part, " Pure Cider Vinegar. Made From The Juice Of 
Fresh Apples 16 oz.   C. W. Davis & Son, Washington, D. C."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that cer- 
tain substances, to wit, water and partially fermented apple, juice, .had been 
mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce' and lower its quality and strength, 
and in that a substance deficient in acid strength had been substituted wholly 
and in part for the article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the bottles containing the article 
were labeled in part, "Pure Cider Vinegar Made From The Juice Of Fresh 
Apples," and bore a design showing a whole apple, which' labeling "was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser by representing that the 
article was vinegar, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not vinegar, but was 
a substance consisting in part of water and partially fermented apple juice, 
and for the further reason that the article was an imitation of, and was offered 
for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, to wit, vinegar.
On March 15, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condenmation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E.. D7 BALL, Acting'Secretary of Agriculture.