15946. Adulteration  and  misbranding'  of  vinegar.     IT.   S.  v.  61  Barrels   of
Vinegar. Decree of condemnation and foi-feiture entered. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 22881. I. S. No. 24101-x. 
S. No. 943.) .
On July 14, 1928, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 61 barrels of vinegar at Kane, Pa., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Cassadaga Vinegar Works, from Cassadaga, 
N. Y., on or about May 9, 1928, and had been transported from the State of 
New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and 
misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: " Cassadaga Vinegar Works, Pure Cider Vinegar ' * ? * * Cassa- 
daga, N. Y."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance, evaporated apple vinegar, had been substituted wholly or in part for 
the said article and had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, 
lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Pure Cider 
Vinegar," borne on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that the article was offered for 
sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On September 15, 1928, John E. Pierpont, James Wilcox and Lyman Wilcox, 
copartners, trading as the Cassadaga Vinegar Works, Cassadaga, N. Y., having 
appeared as claimants for the property and having admitted the allegations of 
the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $1,000, conditioned in part that it be relabeled under the supervision of 
this department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.