10540.  Adulteration  and Misbranding of vinegar.     U.   S.     *     *     *     v.  433
Cases     *      *      * of   Vinegar. Default   decree  of   condemnation,
forfeiture,  and destruction. (F.   &  D.   No.   14434.     I.   S.   No.   4172-t. 
S. No. C-2792.)
On February 11, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern 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 433 cases of vinegar, at Chicago, Ill. alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Naas Cider & Vinegar Co., Inc., Cohocton, N. Y., May 
20, 1920, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Illinois, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that dis- 
tilled vinegar, or acetic acid, had been mixed and packed with the said article 
so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the bottles con- 
taining the article bore a label in words and figures as follows, to wit, "Steuben 
Brand Cider Vinegar Reduced to 4% Acetic Acid Made From Apples M'f'd 
April 1919 Net Contents One Pint Reduced Fermented * * * " which 
statement was false and misleading in that it represented that the article con- 
sisted of fermented cider vinegar, and for the further reason that the above- 
qdoted statement appearing on the said bottles deceived and misled the pur- 
chaser into the belief that the article was a fermented cider vinegar, whereas, 
in truth and in fact, it was an imitation of, and was offered for sale under the 
distinctive name of, another article, to wit. fermented cider vinegar.
On June 29, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United-States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.