NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 2530.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
U.  S. v. Dawson  Bros.  Manufacturing  Co.    Flea of  guilty.     Fine,  $25  and
costs.
ADULTERATION AND  MISBRANDING OF VINEGAR.
On September 7, 1912, the United States Attorney for the "West- 
ern District of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said 
district an information against the Dawson Bros. Manufacturing 
Co., a partnership consisting of L. J. Dawson and D. Dawson, Mem- 
phis, Tenn., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on February 27, 1911, from the State of Ten- 
nessee into the State of Oklahoma, of a quantity of vinegar which 
was adulterated and misbranded. The product was labeled: " Daw- 
son Bros. Mfg. Co., Pure Fermented Apple Cider Vinegar, Circle 
'D' Brand, Memphis, Tenn."
Analysis of a sample of the product made by the Bureau of Chem- 
istry of this Department showed the following results: Specific 
gravity, 15.6°/15.6° C, 1.0132; total acids as acetic (grams per 100 
cc), 4.10; volatile acid as acetic (grams per 100 cc), 4.08; fixed acid 
as malic (grams per 100 cc), 0.025; total solids (grams per 100 cc), 
1.59; reducing sugar (grams per 100 cc), 0.61; ash (grams per 100 
cc), 0.31; alkalinity soluble ash (cc N/10 acid per 100 grams), 31.6; 
phosphoric acid in ash (mg per 100 cc),21.2; glycerol (grams per 100 
cc), 0.088; alcohol precipitate (grams per 100 cc), 0.109; pentosans 
(grams per 100 cc), 0.112; lead precipitate, heavy; polarization, 200 
mm tube, -1.2° V.; color removed by fuller's earth, 66 per cent; color, 
Brewer's scale No. 52, 6.5°.   Adulteration of the product was alleged
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in the information for the reason that a substance, to wit, a dilute 
solution of acetic acid or distilled vinegar, a product high in reducing 
sugars and foreign mineral matter, had been substituted wholly or in 
part for the genuine article. Misbranding was alleged for the reason 
that the statement "Apple cider vinegar " upon the label was false 
and misleading because it conveyed the impression that the product 
was genuine apple cider vinegar conforming to the standard for such 
article, whereas, in truth and in fact, it consisted wholly or in part 
of a dilute solution of acetic acid or distilled vinegar, a product high 
in reducing sugars and foreign mineral matter. Misbranding was 
alleged for the further reason that the product was labeled and 
branded so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, being labeled 
"Apple cider vinegar," thereby purporting to be genuine apple cider 
vinegar conforming to the standard for such article, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, it consisted wholly or in part of a dilute solution 
of acetic acid or distilled vinegar, a product high in reducing sugars 
and foreign mineral matter.
On November 23, 1912, the defendant partnership entered a plea 
of guilty to the information and the court imposed a fine of $25, 
with costs of $15.55.
B. T. GALLOWAY, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 23,1913.
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