F. & D. No. 2313.
S. No. 827.	
Issued May 22, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1449.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF "ALL BEAN" VANILLA.
On January 23, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District?
of New Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel?
praying condemnation and forfeiture of one barrel of vanilla extract?
in the possession of Hildebracht Catering Co., Trenton, N. J. The?
product was labeled: "Warner-Jenkinson Co. All Bean Vanilla.?
Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act."
Analysis of a sample of said product, made by the Bureau of?
Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture, showed?
the following results: Specific gravity at 15.6?, 1.028; alcohol by?
volume, 22.75 per cent; methyl alcohol, absent; vanillin, 0.39 per?
cent; coumarin, 0.04 per cent; glycerin, present; caramel, present;?
lead number 0.28; natural color?very small amount present. The?
libel alleged that the product, after shipment by the Warner-Jenkinson?
Co., St. Louis, Mo., from the State of Missouri into the State of New?
Jersey, remained in the original unbroken package and was adulter??
ated and misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act of?
June 30, 1906, and was therefore liable to seizure for confiscation.?
Adulteration and misbranding of the product were alleged in the?
libel in form as follows: "That the said alleged vanilla extract, so?
contained in the said barrel, is labeled 'Warner-Jenkinson Co. All-?
Bean Vanilla, Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act/ which?
labels, inscriptions, delineations, and language were then and there?
intended by their terms and style of display to indicate that the?
contents of said barrel was vanilla extract- manufactured and ex??
tracted from the vanilla bean, when in truth and in fact the alleged?
vanilla extract so contained in said barrel was not pure vanilla, but?
was compounded in whole or in part from and made up of certain?
ingredients, to wit, artificial vanillin, coumarin, and artificial coloring?
matter *' * * that the said alleged vanilla extract * * *?
was adulterated and misbranded, and the said labels were intended?
and calculated to deceive and mislead the purchaser thereof."
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On January 23, 1912, the case coming on for hearing and answer,?
previously filed by the Warner-Jenkinson Co., claimant, having been?
withdrawn, the court found the product adulterated and misbranded,?
as alleged in the libel, and entered a decree condemning and for??
feiting the same to the United States and ordering its destruction by?
the marshal.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 10, 1912.
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