21261. Adulteration of vinegar.     U.  S. v. 91 Barrels  of Vinegar.     Consent
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.
no. 30565.    Sample no. 42031-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of vinegar that contained arsenic 
trioxide in an amount that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On June 19, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Wyoming, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 91 barrels of vinegar at Cheyenne, 
Wyo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about December 17, 1932, 
by the Speas Manufacturing Co., from Yakima, Wash., and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Speas Mfg. Company 50 Grain Pure Cider Vinegar * * * Yakima, Wash- 
ington."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, arsenic trioxide, which 
might have rendered it harmful to health.
On June 29, 1933, the Speas Manufacturing Co., Yakima, Wash., having 
accepted service and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal and that the barrels be 
delivered to the consignee, upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and 
of the drayage charges by the Speas Manufacturing Co.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.