10414. Adulteration   and   Misbranding of  vinegar.     U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   68
and 70 Barrels of Vinegar. Consent decrees of condemnation 
and forfeiture. Product released nnder bond. (F. & D. Nos. 12986, 
12987.    I.  S. Nos. 384-r, 385-r.    S. Nos. EJ-2408, Er-2409.)
On July 2, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 68 and 70 barrels of vinegar, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Stamford and New Haven, Conn., respectively, alleging 
that the article had been shipped by F. E. Jewett & Co., Lowell, Mass., on or 
about May 7 and 26, 1920, respectively, and transported from the State of 
Massachusetts into the State of Connecticut, and charging adulteration and 
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the 
reason that distilled vinegar had been mixed and packed therewith so as to
reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said product.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the labels on 
the barrels containing the article bore certain statements regarding the said 
article which were false and misleading; that is to say, the said labels bore 
the following words, " Pure Cider Vinegar Made From Apples by F. E. Jewett 
& Co., Lowell, Mass. Acidity reduced to not less than 4% * * *," which 
statements and words were intended to be of such a character as to induce 
the purchaser to believe that the said article was pure cider vinegar, when, 
in truth and in fact, it was not. Misbranding was alleged 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, pure cider vinegar.
On July 23 and August 16, 1921, respectively, F. E. Jewett & Co., Lowell, 
Mass., claimant, having consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of con- 
demnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be released to the said claimant, upon payment of the costs of 
the proceedings and the execution of bonds in the aggregate sum of $5,459.56, 
in conformity with section 10 of the act.
C. W. PUGST,EY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.