9542. Adulteration and Misbranding of vinegar.    U.  S.     *     *     *     v.  IS Bar¬
rels of Vinegar * * * Consent decree of condemnation and 
forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 14179. I. S. 
No.  2325-t.    S. No.  C-2681.)
On January 17, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Illinois, 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 12 barrels, more or less, of vinegar, consigned by the National 
Vinegar Co., St. Louis, Mo., remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages
at Olney, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped from St. Louis, Mo., 
on or about September 27, 1920, and transported from the State of Missouri 
into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (On barrel) 
" * * * Owl Brand 47 Cider Vinegar Reduced to 4% acidity, made in St. 
Louis."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that distilled vinegar or dilute acetic acid had been mixed and packed with, 
and substituted wholly or in part for, the article. Adulteration was alleged 
for the further reason that the article was mixed in a manner whereby damage 
or inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Cider Vinegar," 
was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the 
further reason that the article was an imitation of, and was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of, another article.
On February 21, 1921, Marquard F. Braun, claimant, having consented to 
a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to said claimant upon pay- 
ment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $200, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.