17411. Misbranding of vinegar.    U. S. v. 20 Cases of Vinegar.    Consent de 
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product delivered to com- 
munity fund.    (F. & D. No. 23788.    I. S. No. 09137.    S. No. 2005.)
On June 4, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 20 cases, each containing 2 dozen bottles of vinegar, remaining 
unsold in the original cases at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Naas Corporation from Cohocton, N. Y., on March 18, 1929, and 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Michigan, and charg- 
ing misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article 
was labeled in part: " Stuben Brand * * * Net Contents One Pint, Reduced 
Cider Vinegar Fermented, Naas Cider and Vinegar Co., Inc., Cohocton, N. Y."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment "Net Contents One Pint" was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
article was in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly 
and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On December 23, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be delivered by the United States marshal to the Detroit 
community fund.
ABTHUB M. HTDB, Secretary of Agriculture.