12007. Adulteration  and misbranding  of  vinegar.    TJ.   S.  v.  34 Barrels   of
Vinegar.    Decree ordering release of product Under bond.     (F. &
D. No. 17855.    I. S. Nos. 6947-v, 6950-v.    S. No. C-4128.)
On October 11, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Texas, 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 34 barrels of vinegar, at Gainesville, Tex., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by Russell Jobbers Mills, from Oklahoma City, Okla., 
in part on or about May 1 and in part on or about August 19, 1923, and trans- 
ported from the State of Oklahoma into the State of Texas, and charging adul- 
teration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Special Apple Vinegar Reduced To 4% Acetic Strength 
*    *    *   Texas."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that exces- 
sive water had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly and in part 
for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, "Apple Vinegar 
Reduced To 4% Acetic Strength," was false and misleading and deceived 
and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that 
the article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On December 24, 1923, the Russell Products Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of 
the court was entered ordering that the product be released to the said claim- 
ant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $200, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.