15964. Misbranding and alleged adulteration of vinegar.    U. S. v. 28 Bar 
rels of "Vinegar. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. (F. & D. No. 22499. I. S. No. 19378-x. 
S. No. 616.)
On March 2, 1928, 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 seizure 
and condemnation of 28 barrels of vinegar at Sterling, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the National Vinegar Co., St. Louis, Mo., September 
24, 1927, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance made from evaporated or dried apple products had been mixed and 
packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality 
and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the barrels containing the 
article bore the label, to wit, " National Vinegar Co., Gold-N-Rule Brand 53 
Gals Cider Vinegar Reduced to 4 p'er cent St. Louis, Mo.," which label was 
false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser in that the said 
article did not contain pure cider vinegar, but contained a substance made from 
evaporated or dried apple products. Misbranding was alleged for the further 
reason that the article was an imitation of and was sold under the distinctive 
name of another food product.
On April 3, 1928, the National Vinegar Co., St. Louis, Mo., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, a decree was entered adjudging the product mis- 
branded and ordering its condemnation and forfeiture, and it was further 
ordered by the court that the said product be released to the claimant, upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, to be re- 
labeled under the supervision of this department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.