24348. Vinegar and cider.   (Inc. No. 327.)
COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTION FILED : 1-4-58, W. Dist. Va., against Shenandoah 
Valley Apple Cider & Vinegar Corp., Winchester, Va.
-CHARGE:   The complaint alleged that the defendant had been and was, at 
the time of the filing of the complaint, operating a plant at Winchester, Va., 
for the preparation, storage, and distribution of vinegar and cider; that it 
had been and was, at the time of filing the complaint, storing and holding 
such foods in storage tanks under insanitary conditions resulting from the 
presence of insect filth on the inside walls of such tanks, and in the vinegar 
and cider contained therein; that the defendant had on hand quantities of 
vinegar and cider on its premises under the aforesaid conditions; and that 
the defendant was introducing and causing to be introduced into interstate 
commerce, vinegar and cider adulterated as follows:   402 (a)   {3)—the ar- 
ticles were contaminated with insects, insect fragments, insect excrement, 
insect larvae, insect eggs, maggots, and vinegar eels, and the vinegar was 
also manufactured from cider contaminated with insect filth; and 402 (a) 
(4)—the articles were prepared and held under insanitary conditions.
DISPOSITION: On 1-4-58, the court issued a temporary restraining order. 
Thereafter, on 2-4-58, the defendant having consented to the entry of a 
decree, an injunction was entered enjoining the defendant from introducing 
or delivering for introduction into interstate commerce, certain stocks of 
vinegar and cider on hand in the defendant's plant on 1-24-58, until brought 
into compliance with the law under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration, as follows: the vinegar and cider in the tanks was to be 
layered off, except for two feet on the bottom and one foot on the top; the 
portions so layered off from the middle of the tanks were to be filtered into 
completely sanitized and insect-proofed tanks; the top one foot and bottom 
two feet of each tank of the vinegar and cider were to be pumped into 
holding tanks and the accumulation distilled, destroyed, or otherwise dis- 
posed of under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration; all 
fermentation and holding tanks were to be covered by insect proof covers; 
and the layering off, tank cleaning, and tank covering operations were to 
be completed by 5-1-58.
MISCELLANEOUS, FOODS