1894. Adulteration  and misbranding of vanilla extract.    IT.  S. v.  20  Cases  of
Vanilla Extract (and 2 other seizure actions against vanilla extract). 
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 3636, 
3640. 3641.   Sample Nos. 24613-E, 39509-E, 50432-E.)
Examination showed that this product contained artificial flavor and ash 
material deprived from sources other than the vanilla bean, and that it contained 
little or no vanilla extract.
On January 6 and 10, 1941, the United States attorneys for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Missouri, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Eastern District 
of Virginia filed" libels against 20 cases of vanilla extract at Jefferson Barracks, 
Mo., 50 cases at Philadelphia, Pa., and 29 cases at Marine Barracks, Quantico, 
Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about October 22 and 29, 1940, by the Jersey Belle Food Products Co. from New 
York, N. Y.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article 
was labeled in part: (Bottles) "Lovely Brand Pure Vanilla Extract Packed by 
General Desserts Corp. New York, N. Y.   Contents 8 [or "4"] Fl. Ozs."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that a hydroalcoholic solution containing 
added ash material, artificial flavor, and little, if any, vanilla extract had been 
substituted wholly or in part for vanilla extract, which it purported to be; in 
that inferiority had been concealed by the addition of ash material and artificial
flavor; and in that ash material and artificial flavor had been added thereto or 
mixed or packed therewith so as to reduce its quality or strength.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Pure Vanilla 
Extract" was false and misleading; in that it was offered for sale under the 
name of another food; in that it was an imitation of another food and its label 
failed to bear, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation" 
and immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated; and in that it 
contained artificial flavoring and it did not bear labeling stating that fact.
On January 25, February 4, and March 1, 1941, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.