12989. Adulteration and misbranding? of vinegar.    IT. S. v. 7 Barrels of Vin-
egar.     Default decree  of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruc- 
tion.     (P. & I>. No. 14439.    I. S. No. 4377-t.    S. No. C-2793.)
On February 11, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 7 barrels of vinegar, at Galena, Ill. alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the National Vinegar Co., from Palatine Bridge, 
N. Y., October 27, 1920, and transported from the State of New York into the 
State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of 
the food and drugs act.   ,
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
distilled vinegar, or acetic acid, had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength and for the 
further reason that apple waste had been substituted in part for pure cider 
vinegar.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the barrels con- 
taining the article bore the statements " New York State Pure Cider Vinegar 
Reduced To New York State Standard 4 Per Centum By J. C. Vosburgh 
Canajoharie, New York," which were false and misleading, in that the said 
statements represented that the article consisted of pure cider vinegar, and 
for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was pure cider vinegar, whereas 
distilled vinegar, or acetic acid, had been mixed therewith. Misbranding was 
alleged for the further reason that the article was an imitation of and was
offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, pure cider 
vinegar.
On January 19, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was-ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.