17511. Adulteration   and   Misbranding of   vinegar.    U.   S.   v.   Central   City
Pickle Co.    Plea of guilty.     Fine, $100 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 23731. 
I. S. Noa. 01926, 08381, 23654-x, 23668-x, 23706-x.)
Samples of vinegar from the herein-described interstate shipments having 
been found to consist in large part of an acid substance other than apple- 
cider vinegar or cider vinegar, and to be artificially colored, and a portion 
thereof having been found deficient in acidity, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the facts to the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Illinois.
On September 27, 1929, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against the Central 
City Pickle Co., a corporation, Peoria, Ill., alleging shipment by said company, 
in violation of the food and drugs act, in various consignments, on or 
about September 21, September 30, December 28, and December 30, 1927, 
respectively, from the State of Illinois into the State of Wisconsin, 
of quantities of vinegar which was adulterated and misbranded. The article 
was labeled in part: " Apple Cider Vinegar" or " Cider Vinegar." A portion 
was further labeled: " Diluted to 45."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
an acid substance other than apple-cider vinegar, or cider vinegar, 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 the said article. 
Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the article was inferior { 
to apple-cider vinegar or cider vinegar, and was artificially colored so as to 
simulate the appearance of apple-cider vinegar or cider vinegar, and in a 
manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, "Apple Cider 
Vinegar," or " Cider Vinegar," and with respect to a portion of the article, 
the further statement, " Diluted to 45," borne on the barrels containing the 
article, were false and misleading in that the said statements represented that 
the article was apple-cider vinegar or cider vinegar, and that a portion thereof 
had been diluted to 4% per cent acidity; 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 apple-cider vinegar or cider vinegar, and that the said portion had 
been reduced to 4% per cent acidity, whereas it was a mixture composed in 
part of an acid substance other than represented, and the said portion had 
been reduced to less than 4V> per cent acidity. Misbranding was alleged for 
the further reason that the article was an imitation of and was offered for 
sale and sold under the distinctive name of another article.
On May 27, 1930, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
AETHTIB M.  HYDE,  Secretary of Agriculture.