3 1500. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. V. S. v. 18 Barrels of?
Vinegar. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.?
Product released under bond to be relabeled. (F. & D. No. 17000.?
I. S. No. 11032-v.    S. No. C-2942.)
On December 1, 1922, 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 praying the seizure?
and condemnation of 18 barrels of vinegar, at Athens, Ohio, consigned by the?
Powell Corp., Canandaigua, N. Y., on or about September 18, 1922, alleging?
that the article had been shipped from Canandaigua, N. Y., and transported?
from the State of New York into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration?
and misbranding in violation of the Pood and Drugs Act. The article was?
labeled in part: "Pure Cider Vinegar Made From Apples Reduced To 4??
*    *    f    Man'f'd By The Powell Corp."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that?
distilled and evaporated apple products vinegar had been mixed and packed?
with and substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement,?
" Pure Cider Vinegar Made From Apples," was false and misleading and?
deceived and misled the purchaser.    Misbranding was alleged for the further
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reason that the article was an imitation of and offered for sale under the?
distinctive name of another article.
On April 4, 1923, the Powell Corp., Canandaigua, N. Y., claimant, having?
admitted the allegations in 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 $500,?
in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be relabeled?
in a manner satisfactory to this department.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.