28587. Adulteration and misbranding of imitation flavors.    IT. S. v. 2 Bottles of
Imitation Honey Flavor and 2 Bottles of Imitation Cherry with Pit 
Flavor.     Default  decrees  of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.
Nos. 41299, 41300.    Sample Nos. 28448-C, 28449-C.)
Samples of these products contained 55 and 60 percent, respectively, of carbi- 
tol, a solvent composed of a poison—a glycol or a glycol ether, or both.
On December 31, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of four bottles 
of the above-described products at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that they had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 9, 1937, from New York, 
N. Y., by Schimmel & Co. Inc., and charging adulteration and misbranding in
violation of the Food and Drugs Act   The articles were labeled:   "*   *   * 
Kallistarom   *    *   *."
They were alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing a poisonous 
substance, a glycol or a glycol ether, or both, had been substituted in whole or 
in part for food flavors, which they purported to be; and in that they contained 
an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, a glycol or a glycol ether, or 
both, which might have rendered them injurious to health.
The articles were alleged to be misbranded in that the statements, "Honey 
Imitation" and "Kallistarom Cherry with Pit Flavor Imitation," were false and 
misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser when applied to 
articles containing a glycol or a glycol ether, or both, poisons; and in that they 
were offered for sale under the distinctive names of other articles, food flavors.
On January 25, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condem- 
nation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.