9359. Adulteration and Misbranding of vinegar.     U. S.     *      *      *     v. 8 Cases
of Vinegar * * *. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No.  14395.    I.  S.  No.  13158-t.     S. No.  E-3103.)
On February 17, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Maine, 
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 con- 
demnation of 8 cases of vinegar, remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
packages at Augusta, Me., consigned by the Naas Cider & Vinegar Co., Cohocton, 
N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from Cohocton, N. Y., on or 
about July 20, 1920, and transported from the State of New York into the 
State of Maine, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part: " C. C- C. 
Brand Reduced Cider Vinegar Made From Apples Fermented. Cascade Cider 
Co. * * * Net Contents 16 F. Oz. * * * Reduced With Water to 4% 
Acetic Acid Springville, N. Y."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that dis- 
tilled vinegar had been mixed and packed with, and substituted wholly or
in part for, reduced cider vinegar made from apples fermented, and for the 
further reason that the article was mixed in a manner whereby damage or 
inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement appearing on 
the label, to wit, " C C. C. Brand Cider Vinegar Made From Apples Fermented. 
Net Contents 16 F. Oz.," together with a design showing a red apple, was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was 
alleged for the further reason that the article was an imitation of, and was 
offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, and for the 
further reason that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the 
contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the 
package, since the statement was not correct and not in correct form.
On March 12, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.