10587.?Adulteration of vinegar.    V. S.     *     *     *    v. National Vinegrar Co., a
Corporation.     Pleas of guilty.     Fines, $75 and costs.     (P. & D. Nos.
15987, 15988,    I. S. Nos. 1347-t, 2325-t, 3204-t)
On May 4, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Missouri, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed id the?
District Court of the United States for said district two informations against?
the National Vinegar Co., a corporation, St. Louis, Mo., alleging shipment by said?
company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about April 28, 1920,?
from the State of Missouri into the State of Arkansas, of a quantity of sugar?
and distilled vinegar, and on or about August 28 and September 27, 1920, re??
spectively, from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, of quantities of?
cider vinegar, all of which were adulterated. The articles were labeled in?
part, respectively: "Golden West Brand * * * Sugar & Distilled Vinegar?
* * * "; "* * * Cider Vinegar * * * Made In St. Louis"; and?
"     *    *    *    Owl Brand 47 Cider Vinegar    *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample of the Golden West brand by the Bureau of Chemistry?
of this department showed that it was a mixture of colored distilled vinegar?
and commercial acetic acid. Analyses of samples of the so-called cider vinegar?
by said bureau showed that the portion consigned September 27, 1920, was a?
mixture of distilled vinegar and still residue and that the portion consigned?
August 28, 1920, was not a straight cider vinegar.
Adulteration of the articles was alleged in substance in the informations for?
the reason that a .mixture composed of distilled vinegar and commercial acetic?
acid, artificially colored, or a mixture of distilled vinegar and still residue, or?
a vinegar or vinegars other than cider vinegar, as the case might be, had been?
mixed and packed with the respective articles so as to lower and reduce and?
injuriously affect their quality and had been substituted in part for sugar and?
distilled vinegar, or for cider vinegar, as the case might be, which the said?
articles purported to be. Adulteration was alleged with respect to the so-called?
" Sugar and Distilled Vinegar " for the further reason that it was a product?
inferior to sugar and distilled vinegar, to wit, a mixture of distilled vinegar and?
commercial acetic acid, and was artificially colored so as to simulate the ap??
pearance of sugar and distilled vinegar, and in a manner whereby its inferiority?
to sugar and distilled vinegar was concealed.
On June 22, 1922, pleas of guilty to the informations were entered on behalf?
of the defendant company, and the court imposed fines in the aggregate sum of?
$75, together with the costs.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.