15826. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. TJ. S. v. 27 Barrels, et al.,?
of Vinegar. Decree of condemnation entered. Product released!?
under bond. (F. & D. No. 22616. I. S. Nos. 19935-x, 19936-x, 19937-x.?
S. No. 635.)
On or about March 23, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern?
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 seizure?
and condemnation of 26 barrels of evaporated apple vinegar and 56 cases, each?
containing a number of jugs of corn sugar vinegar, at Cairo, 111., alleging that?
the articles had been shipped by the St. Louis Vinegar & Cider Co., St. Louis,.?
Mo., in various consignments, on or about June 10, July 21, 1927, and January?
'16, 1928, respectively, and had been transported from the State of Missouri into?
the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation?
of the food and drugs act.   The said barrels were labeled in part: " Evaporated
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Apple Reduced to 4? Vinegar." The jugs shipped in the said cases were labeled?
in part: " Stag Brand Corn Sugar Vinegar 40 Grain " or " Lincoln Brand Corn?
Sugar.Vinegar 40 Grains * * * St. Louis Vinegar & Cider Company, St.?
Louis, Missouri."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the articles were adulterated in?
that the said barrels contained an imitation product other than apple vinegar,?
which had been mixed and packed with and substituted in part for the said?
article, and in that the said cases contained an article other than corn sugar?
vinegar, which had been mixed and packed with and substituted in part for?
the said article. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the?
articles had been mixed in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the above-quoted labels bore?
statements which were false and misleading and deceived and misled pur??
chasers, and in that the articles were imitations of and were offered for sale?
under the distinctive names of other articles.
On May 3, 1928, the St. Louis Vinegar & Cider Co., St. Louis, Mo., having?
appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered,?
and it was ordered by the court that the products be released to the said?
claimant, to be relabeled under the supervision of this department, upon' the?
execution of a good and sufficient bond, and that the claimant pay the costs of?
the proceedings.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.