15754.?Misbranding: and alleged adulteration of vinegar.     U. S. v. 30 Bar?
rels of Vinegar. Consent decree of condemnation entered. Prod??
uct released under bond. (P. & D. No. 22449. I. S. No. 23719-x. S. No.?
534.)
On February 9, 1928, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Iowa, 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 con??
demnation of 30 barrels of vinegar, remaining unsold in the original packages?
at Clinton, Iowa, alleging that the article had been shipped by the National?
Vinegar Co., from East St. Louis, 111., on or about June 25, 1927, and' trans??
ported from the State of Illinois into the State of Iowa, and charging adultera??
tion and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was?
labeled in part: " National Vinegar Co., Gold-N-Rule Brand * * * Cider?
Vinegar    *    *    *    St. Louis, Mo."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was an?
evaporated apple by-product vinegar.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Cider Vinegar,"?
borne on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and misled the pur??
chaser, and for the further reason that it was offered for sale under the dis??
tinctive name of another article.
On April 3, 1928, the National Vinegar Co., St. Louis, Mo., claimant, having?
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a de??
cree, judgment was entered finding the product misbranded and ordering its?
condemnation, and it was further 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 $650, conditioned in part that it be re??
labeled under the supervision of this department.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.