16993. Adulteration   and   Misbranding of   vanilla   extract.     TJ.   S.   y.   474
Bottles, et al., of Vanilla Extract. Default decree of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 24086. I. S. Nos. 
019851, 019852.    S. No. 2331.)
';On or about October 1, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of 
Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of four hundred and seventy-four 4-ounce bottles and one hun- 
dred and seventeen 16-ounce bottles of vanilla extract at Fort Leavenworth, 
Kans., consigned by. the Atlanta Supply Co., Atlanta, Ga.,\ alleging that the 
article had been shipped from Atlanta, Ga., on or about August 30, 1929, and 
transported from the State of Georgia into the State of Kansas, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: " Flavoring Extract Vanilla * * * Manufac- 
tured by The Atlanta Supply Company, Atlanta, Georgia." 
. .It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that an arti- 
ficially colored imitation product had been substituted in part for the said 
article, and had been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or 
injuriously affect its quality or strength. Adulteration was alleged for the 
further. reason. that the article was colored in a manner whereby inferiority 
was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged" for the reason that the statement on the label, " Fla- 
voring Extract Vanilla," was false and misleading and deceived and misled the 
purchaser, and for the further reason that the article was an imitation of and 
was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On January 8, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.