9441. Adulteration and Misbranding of vinegar. V. S. * * * v. 60 Bar- 
rels of Vinegar, et al. Decrees entered ordering release of prod- 
uct under bond. (P. & D. Nos. 12984, 12985, 13109, 13134 to 13155, inclu- 
sive, 13984. I. S. Nos. 351-r, 350-r, 13095-r, 13096-r, 13097-r, 5223-t. S. Nos. 
E-2406, E-2407, E-2433, E-2440, E-2441, E-2467, E-2903.)
On or about July 1, July 23, August 5, and December 2, 1920, respectively, the 
United States attorney for the District of New Hampshire, acting upon reports 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States 
for said district libels for the seizure and condemnation of approximately 266 
barrels of vinegar, located at various places in New Hampshire, alleging that 
the article had been shipped by F. E. Jewett & Co., Lowell, Mass., between the 
dates May 17 and August 21, 1920, and transported from the State of Massachu- 
setts into the State of New Hampshire, and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. A portion of the barrels 
were labeled in part: " Pure Cider Vinegar Made From Apples By F. E. Jewett 
& Co. Lowell, Mass. Acidity Reduced To Not'Less Than 4% * * * An- 
other portion of the barrels were labeled in part: " * * * Pure Cider Vinegar 
Made From Apples. Reduced To 4% Acidity * * * " Another portion of 
the barrels were labeled in part: " Pure Cider Vinegar Made From Apples 
*   *   *   Reduced To Not Less Than 40 Grains Acidity   *   *   * "
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that dis- 
tilled vinegar had been mixed and packed with, and substituted wholly or in 
part for, apple cider vinegar.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the label on the barrels contain- 
ing the statement, " Pure Cider Vinegar Made From Apples," was false and 
misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser thereof. Misbranding was 
alleged for the further reason that, purporting to be " Pure Cider Vinegar Made 
From Apples," and being offered for sale as such, the article was an imitation 
of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article.
On April 28, 1921, F. E. Jewett & Co. having entered an appearance as claim- 
ant for the property, judgments were entered ordering that the product be 
released to said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and
the execution of bonds in the aggregate sum of $2,600, in conformity with sec- 
tion 10 of the act, conditioned in part that if the product should be again 
offered for sale the barrels containing the same should be properly branded so 
as to comply with the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act.
C. W. PUGSLEY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.