19219. Adulteration of vinegar.    XT. S. v. 2,700 Gallons of Vinegar.    Default
decree of destruction. (F. & D. No. 27245. I. S. No. 31513. S. No. 
5387.)
Samples of vinegar from the shipment herein described having been found 
to contain arsenic and lead, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the District of Utah.
On November 14, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and
condemnation of 2,700 gallons of vinegar at Ogden, Utah, alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Idaho Vinegar & Cider Co., from Payette, Idaho, 
on or about August 3, 1931, and had been transported in interstate commerce 
from the State of Idaho into the State of Utah, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, to wit, arsenic and lead, 
which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On February 18, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg 
ment was entered finding the product adulterated and ordering that it be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.