10751, Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. V. S. v. 27 Barrels of?
Vinegar. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod??
uct released under bond.     (F. & D. No. 14492.    I. S. No. 3213-t.    S. No.
C-2816.)
On February 25, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District?
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary cf Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 27 barrels of vinegar, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at Olney, 111., consigned by the National Vinegar Co., 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 violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Bed Rose Brand 47 Fermented Corn?
Sugar Vinegar Made in St. Louis."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that dis??
tilled vinegar and limed residue from sugar mash had been mixed and packed?
therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and?
strength and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label,?
" Fermented Corn Sugar Vinegar," was false and misleading and deceived?
and misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was an imitation?
of and offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On July 6, 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 payment of the?
costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $465, in?
conformity with section 10 of the act.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,