11552. Ad alteration and misbranding: of vinegar. U. S. v. 4 Half Barrels?
of "Vinegar. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.     (F. & D. No. 16392.    I. S. No. 9345-t.    S. No. E-3951.)
On or about June 16, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis??
trict of South Carolina, 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 4 half barrels of vinegar, remaining in the?
original unbroken packages at Charleston, S. C, alleging that the article had?
been shipped by the Fruit Products Co., Savannah, Ga., on or about May 30,?
1922, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State of South Caro??
lina, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Fruit Products Co. White Dis??
tilled Vinegar 60 Gr. Pickling   Savannah, Ga."
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Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub??
stance, excessive water, had been substituted wholly or in part for the said?
article and had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, or?
injuriously affect its quality or strength.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the label bore a statement re??
garding the article and the ingredients or substances contained therein, as fol??
lows, " White Distilled Vinegar 60 Gr.," which statement was false and m's-?
leading and deceived and misled the purchaser, since the said article was not?
white vinegar of the designated strength but had been diluted with excessive?
water.
On May 19, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, and a jury?
having been impaneled and a verdict having been returned for the Government,?
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.