15883. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. V. S. v. 40 Cases of Vine- 
gar. Consent decree of condemnation entered. Product released 
nnder bond,     (F. & D. No. 22508.    I. S. No. 19943-x.     S. No. 628.)
On March 3, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, fded in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 40 cases of vinegar, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Cairo, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by the St. 
Louis Vinegar & Cider Co., St. Louis, Mo., on or about June 8, 1927, and trans- 
ported from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: " Fox Brand Highest Quality Evaporated Apple 
Vinegar 40 Grain Strength."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that an imita- 
tion product other than evaporated vinegar had been mixed and packed with 
and substituted in part for the said article, and in that it had been mixed and 
colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the label above quoted bore 
statements which were false and misleading and deceived and misled pur- 
chasers, and in that the article was an imitation of and was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article.
On May, 3, 1928, the St. Louis Vinegar & Cider Co., St. Louis, Mo., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be released to the said claimant to be relabeled under 
the supervision of this department, upon the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $300, and it was further ordered by the court that the claimant pay the costs 
of the proceedings.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.