15304. Adulteration  and  Misbranding of -vineg-ar.     U.  S.  v. 48  Barrels  of
Cider Vinegar. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. No 21964. I. S. No. 16711-x. 
S   No   E-6142)
On June 25, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 48 barrels of cider vinegar, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Danbury, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped by Edw. 
Risedorph, from Niverville, N. Y., on or about September 22, 1926, and trans- 
ported from the State of New York into the State of Connecticut, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled -in part: " Roco Cider Vinegar Made from Apple Juice 
Reduced to Four Percent Acid.    Mfd. by Edw. Risedorph, Kinderhook, N. Y."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub- 
stance, excessive water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, 
lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted 
wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements "Cider Vine- 
gar * * * Reduced to Four Percent Acid," borne on the label, were false 
and misleading, and deceived and misled the purchaser, and in that the article 
was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On or about August 1, 1927, Edward Risedorph, Kinderhook, N. Y., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having 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 pay- 
ment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of 
$300, conditioned in part that sufficient high-acid apple cider vinegar be added 
thereto to raise the acidity to at least 4 grams per 100 cubic centimeters.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.