2814. Adulteration and misbranding of vanilla extract.     U. S. v. 131 Bottles ©f
Vanilla   Extract.     Default   decree- of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 4254..   Sample No. 44382-E.)
On April 7, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Utah filed a 
libel against 131 bottles of vanilla extract at Fort Douglas (Salt Lake City), 
Utah, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about March 5,1941, by Astrol Pharmacal Co. from New York, N. Y.; and charging 
that it was adulterated and misbranded. It was labeled in part: "Pure Extract 
Vanilla   * ¦ *    *   Distributors Huguenot Laboratories Mount Vernon N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that imitation vanilla extract 
containing resinous substances not found in genuine vanilla extract had been sub- 
stituted wholly or in part for "Pure Extract Vanilla"; in that inferiority had been 
concealed through addition of foreign resins; and in that foreign resins had been 
added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to make it appear better or of 
greater value than it was.
The article was alleged to. be misbranded in that the statement "Pure Extract 
Vanilla" was false and misleading as applied to imitation vanilla extract con- 
taining resinous substances not found in genuine vanilla extract; 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 did not bear, in type of uniform size and prominence, 
the word "imitation" and immediately thereafter the name of the food imitated.
On May 5, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.