10992. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegrar. V. S. v. 73 Barrels of?
Vinegar. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod??
uct released nnder bond. (F. & D. No. 14667. I. S. No. 1568-t. S. No.?
C-2883.)
On March 21, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Ohio, 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 condem??
nation of 73 barrels of vinegar at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned by the National?
Vinegar Co., Palatine Bridge, N. Y., October 11, 1920, alleging that the article?
had been transported from the State of* New York into the State of Ohio, and?
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
The article was labeled in part: "New York State Pure Cider Vinegar Re??
duced to New York State Standard 4 Percentum J. C. Vosburgh, Canajoharie?
New York."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that dis??
tilled vinegar and dried apple products vinegar had been mixed and packed?
with and substituted wholly or in part for the said article. Adulteration was?
alleged for the further reason that the article was mixed and packed in a man??
ner whereby damage and inferiority were concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, "Pure Cider?
Vinegar," was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and?
for the further reason that it was an imitation of and was offered for sale?
under the distinctive name of another article.
On December 29, 1921, John C. Vosburgh, Canajoharie, N. Y., claimant, hav??
ing admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree,?
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 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 a bond in the sum of $1,000, in
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conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be relabeled?
and rebranded in a manner satisfactory to this department.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting1 Secretary of Agriculture.