9231. Adulteration and Misbranding of vinegar. TT. S. * * * v. 58 Bar- 
rels of Vinegar. Decree condemning' the article as adulterated 
and misbranded. Product released on bond. (F. & D. No. 13743. 
I.  S.  No.  5155-t.    S. No. E-2795.)
On October 4, 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 a libel of information for the 
seizure and condemnation of 58 barrels of vinegar, at Boston, Mass., consigned 
by the Kistler Vinegar Works, Stroudsburg, Pa., on or about May 22, 1920, 
alleging that the article had been transported, from the State of Pennsylvania 
into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, 
<i *    *   *   Hatchet Brand Pure Fermented Apple Cider Vinegar   *    *   * "
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that waste 
vinegar had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part for 
said article.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement, 
"Pure Fermented Apple Cider [Vinegar]," appearing in the labeling, was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the further 
reason that the article was an imitation of, and offered for sale under the dis- 
tinctive name of, another article.
On March 2, 1921, the Twitchell-Champlin Co., Boston, Mass., having entered 
an appearance as claimant for the property and having executed a good and 
sufficient bond, in conformity with section 10 of the act, a decree was entered 
finding the product to be adulterated and misbranded and condemning the 
same, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to said 
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.