16965. Misbranding of vinegar.     V.  S.  v.  100 Cases  of Na-Co Brand  Cider
Vinegar. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
nct released under bond. (F. & D. No. 23908. I. S. No. 010140. S. No. 
2126.)
On August 1, 1929, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Michigan, 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 100 cases of vinegar, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Muskegon, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Naas 
Corporation, Cohocton, N. Y., on or about June 11, 1929, and transported from 
the State of New York into the State of Michigan, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Bottles) "Na-Co Brand Cider Vinegar Reduced to 4% acetic acid * * * 
Net Contents One pint (lightly over-stamped) 10 ounces (lightly stamped) Naas 
Cider & Vinegar Co., Inc., Cohocton, N. Y."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ments on the label relative to the net contents were false and misleading and 
deceived and misled purchasers thereof, since the article was short volume. 
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was food in 
package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicu- 
ously marked on the outside of the packages, since the quantity stated was not 
correct.
On September 5, 1929, the Naas Corporation, Cohocton, N. Y., claimant, hav- 
ing admitted the facts set forth in 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 for re- 
labeling, under the supervision of this department, upon payment of costs and 
the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned in part that it should 
not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to law.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Affriculture.