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vinegar must be sold under their own names to distinguish them from 

 the product made from apple cider and from each other. These sub- 

 stitutes for vinegar are often purchased in bulk by the dealers and sold 

 at retail in broken packages not labeled, and one of the greatest viola- 

 tions of the food Law is the sale of those substitutes for vinegar as the 

 real vinegar. In many instances manufacturers and jobbers sell retail 

 dealers vinegar without specifying the kind of vinegar. To protect 

 themselves against the National Food Law, they brand it spirit vinegar, 

 compound vinegar, etc., as the case may be. The dealer receives the 

 goods without specially noticing the label, thinking that he has vinegar, 

 and proceeds to sell it as such, and violates the law. 



Some manufacturers have criticised the State Department for object- 

 ing to the sale of these substitutes for vinegar as vinegar, and have tried 

 to make the local dealers believe that North Carolina is the only State 

 that objects to the sale of the substitutes as vinegar. Those manufac- 

 turers know that they are not acting honestly with the local dealer. 

 They know they can't brand those products vinegar and ship them from 

 one State into another, for it would be a violation of the National Law, 

 and they would be prosecuted for the same. 



Local dealers are cautioned that the sale of compound vinegar, etc., 

 as vinegar is a violation of the law, and in the future such violations 

 will have to be prosecuted. 



During the year, 294 samples of vinegar and vinegar substitutes were 

 examined. By reference to the table below, it will be seen that the sale 

 of 161 of them was illegal. A few of these were illegal because they 

 were misbranded, but most of the illegal sales were illegal because the 

 product was misrepresented by the retail dealer and sold as vinegar 

 when it was not vinegar, but a compound vinegar, spirit vinegar, or 

 some other substitute for vinegar. 



See results and conclusions in table below. 



GAR AND SUBSTITUTES FOR VINEGAR. 



