9859. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar.     U. S.     *     *      *     v. 4 Bar¬
rels and 14 Barrels * *¦ * of Vinegar. Decrees of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 
14180, 14193.    I. S. Nos. 2324-t, 2320-t.     S. Nos. C-2676, C-2677.)
On or about January 14, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Illinois, 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 4 barrels and 14 barrels, more or less, of vinegar, remain- 
ing in the original packages at Decatur and Springfield, Ill., respectively, 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the National Vinegar Co., St. 
Louis, Mo., on or about June 11 and October 13 and 20, 1920, respectively, and 
transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part, (barrel) "National Vinegar Co., 46 Fermented 
Corn Sugar Vinegar Made in St. Louis."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that 
distilled vinegar or dilute acetic acid had been mixed and packed with, and 
substituted wholly or in part for, the said article.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement " Corn 
Sugar Vinegar," borne on the barrels containing the article, was false and 
misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged 
for the further reason that the said article was an imitation of, and was 
offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article.
On July 25, 1921, the National Vinegar Co., St. Louis, Mo., having entered 
an appearance as claimant for the property and the cases having come on for 
final disposition, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be released to said claimant upon 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of bonos in the 
aggregate sum of $400, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in 
part that the said product be relabeled as " Imitation Corn Sugar Vinegar Com- 
posed of Distilled Vinegar and Colored with Corn Sugar Mash."
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.