NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1119.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF CIDER VINEGAR.
On May 20, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Washington, acting upon the report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed information in the District Court of the United 
States for said district against W. J. Wilson & Son, alleging ship- 
ment by them, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
September 15, 1910, from the State of Washington into the State of 
Idaho, of a quantity of vinegar which was adulterated and mis- 
branded. The said vinegar was labeled: " Fountain Pure Cider 
Vinegar.   Packed for Idaho Merc. Co., Lewiston, Idaho."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture showed the following results:
Grams per 
100 cc.
Solids 
1. 07
Nonsugar solids . 
. 67
Sucrose by copper 
. 03
Reducing sugar invert 
. 37
Per cent sugar in solids 
37.4
Polarization direct temperature 20° C 
°V  +6.6
Polarization invert 20° G. (normal weight) 
°V  +2.0
Polarization invert 87° C 
°V__ +2.0
Ash
. 08
Ash, soluble in water— 
_ . 07
Ash, insoluble in water
. 01
Alk. sol. ash, cc N/10 acid 100 cc 
7. 2
Sol. phos. acid, mg per 100 cc 
: 
1. 2
Insol. phos. acid, mg per 100 cc 
3. 6
Acid, as acetic
4.64
Volatile acid, as acetic
4. 56
Fixed acid, as malic 
.—_— . 09
Lead precipitate.- 
.-. Slight turbidity.
Color, degrees, brewer's scale (0.5 in cell) 
10.0
Polarization direct 20° C. (normal weight) 
+2.0
Glucose (factor 163) 
per cent__ 1.2
Dextrin . : 
None detected.
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Adulteration was alleged for the reason that a product made by 
the fermentation and acidification of glucose as shown by the afore- 
said analysis had been mixed with said vinegar so as to reduce, lower, 
and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and substituted wholly 
or in part therefor. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that 
the label above set forth represented the product to be a pure cider 
vinegar when in fact it was an adulterated product prepared in imita- 
tion of and offered for sale under the distinctive name of another 
article, to wit, pure cider vinegar, which representation was false and 
misleading.
On June 9, 1911, the defendant company pleaded guilty and was 
fined $25 and costs.
W. M. HAYS, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 16, 1911.
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