20822. Adulteration and Misbranding of cider vinegar.    V. S. v. 57 Kegs.
et al., of Cider Vinegar.    Product released under bond.    (F. & D.
no. 27771.   I. S. no. 50352.    S. no. 5842.)
This case involved a shipment of cider vinegar that contained arsenic in an 
amount that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On February 23, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of North 
Dakota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 
57 kegs, each containing 55 gallons; 18 kegs, each containing 30 gallons; 23 
kegs, each containing 15 gallons; and 24 kegs, each containing 10 gallons of 
vinegar, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Bismarck, N.Dak., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
January 16, 1932, by the Western Cider Vinegar Co., from Freewater, Oreg., 
to Bismarck, N.Dak., and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Pure Apple 
Cider Vinegar Western Maid Brand * * * Mfg. by Western Cider Vinegar 
Co., Milton, Ore."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it contained 
an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic, which might have ren- 
dered it injurious to health.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
"Pure Apple Cider Vinegar", was false and misleading, and for the further 
reason that the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, 
since the statement represented that the article was pure cider vinegar, 
whereas it contained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic.
On April 20, 1982, the Bismarck Grocery Co., Bismarck, N.Dak., having ap- 
peared as claimant and having petitioned for release of the property, an order 
was entered by the court releasing the product to the claimant under bond, 
conditioned that it be made to comply with the Federal Food and Drugs Act.
R. G. Carswell, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.