S432. Adulteration untl misliriimliiis of vinegar. U. S. * * * v. Jl. M.?
HugJieM & Co., a toi-jtoratiou. IJlea of guilty. F"iue, ?25. (h\s& I).?
No. 085S.    I. a. No. 8780-p.)
.On May 12, 1910, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
R. M. Hughes .& Co., a corporation, Louisville, Ky., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about December 24,?
1917, from the State of Kentucky into the State of Louisiana of a quantity of?
an article, labeled in part " White Distilled Vinegar 100 Grain," which was?
adulterated and misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it was low in acid strength.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
a substance, to wit, a vinegar of less than 100 grain strength, had been mixed?
and packed therewith so as to lower and reduce and injuriously affect its?
quality and strength, and had been substituted in part for vinegar 100 grain,?
which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, "White?
Distilled Vinegar 100 Grain," borne on the barrels containing the article, re??
garding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and?
misleading in that it represented that said article was vinegar 100 grain, and?
for the further reason that the article was labeled as foresaid so as to deceive?
and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was vinegar 100 grain, whereas,?
in truth and in fact, said article was not vinegar 100 grain, but was a vinegar?
of less than 100 grain.
On October 14, 1919, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on be??
half of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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