7912. Adulteration and mislirainlins' ot vinegar. XI. S. * * * "v. Ozark 
Cider & Viuesar Co., a Corporation. 1'lea of guilty. Fine, $:JO. 
(F. & D.  No. 91-15.     I.  S. No.  S702--p.j
On October 21, 1918, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricuhure, filed in th.e 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
the 0:;ark Cider & Vinegar Co., a corporation, Siloam Springs, Ark., alleging 
shipment by said company, under the name of O. L. Gregory Co., in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on or about April 24, 1917, from the State of Arkansas 
into the State of Louisiana, of a quantity of vinegar which was adulterated 
and misbranded. The bottles containing the article were labeled in part, 
"Forty Grains :;: * * Family & Table White Distilled Vinegar * * * 
The O. L. Gregory Vinegar Co. Inc. of Fort Worth, Tex. Bottled at our Mills 
Siloam Springs, Ark."
Analysis of a sample of the article hy the Bureaa of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed acidity, as acetic, on three different subdivisions, 3.34, 3.51, 
and 3.48 grams per 100 cc.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
a substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
lov/er and reduce and injuriously affect its quality, and for the further reason 
that a substance, to wit, added water, had been substituted in part for 40 grains 
vinegar, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, "Forty 
Grains * * * Vinegar," borne on the labels attached to the bottles con- 
taining the article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained 
therein, was false and misleading in that it represented that the article was 
40 grains vinegar, to wit, a vinegar of 40 grains acid strength, and for the
further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser into the belief that it was 40 grains vinegar, to wit, a vinegar 
of 40 grains acid strength, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was a 
vinegar reduced by water to Jess than 40 grains acid strength.
On October 24, 1918, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $30.
E. I). BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.