F.  & D.  No.  2827.
S. No. 1014	
Issued February 4, 1913.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1884.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING AND  ALLEGED ADULTERATION  OF  YINEGAR.
On July 28, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District of?
Massachusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a?
libel for the seizure and condemnation of 75 barrels of so-called?
cider vinegar, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages?
and in possession of parties to the United States Attorney unknown.,?
alleging that the product had been shipped by Place Bros., Oswego,?
N. Y., from the State of New York into the State of Massachusetts?
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: " Place Brothers?Cider?
Vinegar?Extra Old Farm Orchard Brand?Oswego, N. Y.?Test?
No. 9?Guaranty legend?Place Brothers?Not made by a trust ".
Adulteration was alleged in the libel for the reason that a dilute?
solution of acetic acid or distilled vinegar and a product high in?
reducing sugars and foreign mineral matter, which had been pre??
pared in imitation of cider vinegar, had been substituted in part?
for the product. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the?
product was labeled and branded " Cider Vinegar", which would?
deceive and mislead the purchaser to believe that the product was?
cider vinegar, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not cider vinegar,?
but a dilute solution of acetic acid or distilled vinegar and a product?
high in reducing sugars and foreign mineral matter which had been?
prepared in imitation of cider vinegar.
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On June 25, 1912, decree of condemnation and forfeiture was?
entered, the court finding that the product was misbranded. It was?
further ordered that upon payment of the costs of the proceedings by?
said Place Bros., claimants, amounting to $76.50, and the execution?
of bond in conformity with section 10 of the Act, the product should?
be released and delivered to said claimants.
W. M. HATS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 29, 1912.
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