9543. Adulteration and misbranding of wine vinegar.    TJ. S. v. 17 and 13 Cases
of   Wine   Vinegar.     Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 18371.   Sample No. 4649-H.)
LIBEL FILED:   November 9, 1945, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about September 14, 1945, by the Muro Importing
Co., from Brooklyn, N. Y. 
PRODUCT:    17 cases, each containing 12   1-quart bottles, and 13 cases, each
containing 24'  1-pint bottles, of wine vinegar at Philadelphia, Pa. 
LABEL IN PART:    (Bottle) "Muro Pure Wine Vinegar."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a mixture of wine vinegar 
and distilled vinegar or acetic acid had been substituted in "whole* or in part 
for pure wine vinegar, which the .article was represented to be; and, Section 
402 (b) (4), distilled vinegar or acetic acid had been added to the article 
and mixed and packed with it so as to reduce its quality or strength.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statement on the label of the article, "Pure 
Wine Vinegar," was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION: January 3, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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