2542. Adulteration   and misbranding of vanilla extract.     IT.   S. v.  9   Cases,  10
Cases, and 103 Bottles of Vanilla. Default deerees of condemnation. 
Portion of product ordered delivered to local charitable agencies; 
remainder ordered destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 4762, 4763, 4767. Sample 
Nos. 44669-B, 44670-B, 57649-E.)
This product contained extractive matter from sources other than the vanilla 
bean.
On May 13 and 16, 1941, the United States attorneys for the Eastern District 
of Missouri and the District of Colorado filed libels against 10 cases each con- 
taining 24 8-ounce bottles of vanilla at St. Louis, Mo., and 9 cases, each contain- 
ing 24 8-ounce bottles, of vanilla at Denver, and 103 8-ounce bottles of vanilla 
at Aurora, Colo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about February 7, 17, and 25, 1941, by the La Salle Manufacturing 
Co. from Chicago, Ill.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. It 
was labeled in part: "Cook's Pride Brand Pure Vanilla Extract."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a substance containing 
vanillin and extractive matter from sources other than vanilla beans, and simu- 
lating vanilla extract, had been substituted wholly or in part for pure vanilla 
extract, which it purported to be.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Pure Vanilla Extract" 
was false and misleading as applied to a substance containing vanillin and ex- 
tractive matter from sources other than vanilla bKans. It was alleged to be 
misbranded further in that it was offered for sale under the name of another 
food, and 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.
On May 28, 1941, no claimant having appeared for the portion of the product 
seized at Denver and Aurora, judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered delivered to local charitable agencies. On June 30, 1941, no 
claimant having appeared for the seizure at St. Louis, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.