5338. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. XT. S. * * * v. 35 
Barrels * * * of Vinegar. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 7813. I. S. No. 1144CMn. 
S. No. C-581.)
On October 31, 1916, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, 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 35 barrels of vinegar, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped on 
September 27,' 1916, by the Allegan Cider & Vinegar Co., Allegan, Mich., and 
transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Illinois, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled: " Pure Apple Vinegar Reduced to 45 gr."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that distilled 
vinegar or dilute acetic acid had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been 
substituted in part for said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement appearing on the 
barrels, to wit, " Pure Apple Vinegar Reduced to 45 gr.," was false and mis- 
leading in that it represented to the purchaser that the article consisted of 
pure apple vinegar reduced in strength as aforesaid, whereas, in truth and in 
fact, a distilled vinegar, or dilute acetic acid, had been mixed and packed 
therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength. 
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that said statement "deceived 
and misled the purchaser into the belief that the article was a pure apple 
vinegar reduced in strength as aforesaid, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was 
an imitation of pure apple vinegar and was offered for sale under the distinc- 
tive name of another article, to wit, pure apple vinegar.
On December 8, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.