5720. Adulteration and misbranding of vinegar. U. S. * * * v. 50 
Barrels of Vinegar. Consent decree of condemnation and forfei- 
ture. Product released on bond. (F. & D. No. 7938. I. S. Nos. 11249-m, 
11250-m.    S.  No.  C-615.)
On December 29, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United Slates for said district a libel for the seizure 
and condemnation of 50 barrels of vinegar, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Madison, Wis., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about August 30 and September 13, 1916, by the Robinson Cider 
and Vinegar Co., Benton Harbor, Mich, and transported from the State of 
Michigan into the State of Wisconsin, and charging adulteration and misbrand- 
ing in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that distilled vinegar or diluted acetic acid had been mixed and packed 
therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and 
strength, and had been substituted wholly or in part for pure apple vinegar.
It was alleged in substance that the article was misbranded for the reason 
that it was labeled in part, to wit, " pure apple vinegar * * *. Guaranteed 
cider vinegar 4 per centum" (or " 4A per centum" on some of the barrels), 
whereas it was not pure apple vinegar or cider vinegar but'vinegar which 
had been mixed and packed with distilled vinegar or diluted acetic acid, and 
the label and the statement regarding the article, contained therein, were false 
and misleading, and the article was labeled and branded as aforesaid, so as 
to deceive and mislead the purchaser; and for the further reason that the 
article was labeled as aforesaid, whereas it was not pure apple vinegar or cider 
vinegar but an imitation of pure apple vinegar or cider vinegar, to wit, vinegar 
which had been mixed and packed with distilled vinegar or diluted acetic acid, 
and it was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, to 
wit, pure apple vinegar, guaranteed cider vinegar.
On March 9, 1917, John Robinson, doing business as the Robinson Cider and 
Vinegar Co., claimant, Benton Harbor, Mich., having admitted the allegations 
of the libel and consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and for- 
feiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product should 
be released to the said claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, in conformity with section 
10 of the act, conditioned in part that the label on the product should be 
removed and that it should be relabeled as " Imitation Cider Vinegar."
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.