5418. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. "IX. S. * * * v. 25 Bar- 
rels of Vinegar and 45 Barrels of Vinegar. Consent decrees of 
condemnation and forfeiture. Product ordered released on bond. 
<F. & D. Nos. 7954, 7955.    I. S. No. 3717-m.    S. No. E-786.)
On January 8, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Rhode 
Island, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure and 
condemnation of 25 barrels of vinegar and 45 barrels of vinegar, remaining 
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Providence and Pawtucket, B. I., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about November 23, 1916, by 
Libby, McNeil & Libby, Chicago, Ill., and transported from the State of Illinois 
into the State of Rhode Island, and charging adulteration and misbranding m 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Libby, 
McNeil & Libby, Chicago, Ills. U. S. A. Pure Apple Cider Vinegar, Reduced to 
4J per cent Acetic Strength 45 grain."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that vine- 
gar made from dried apple product 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 pure apple cider vinegar.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement,
appearing on the label, to wit, " Pure Apple Cider Vinegar," was false and mis- 
s leading and deceived and misled the purchaser; and for the further reason that
the article was an imitation of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive
name of, another article, to wit, cider vinegar.
On March 10, 1917, the Security Trust Co., receiver of the Williams Brothers 
Co., Detroit, Mich., claimant, having filed answers to the libels, judgments of 
condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product should be released to said claimant upon the payment of the costs 
of the proceedings and the execution of bonds in the aggregate sum of $300, in 
conformity with section 10 of the act.
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.