10682. Adulteration of orange flavor base.    U. S. v. 21 Barrels     *     *     *.     (F. D. C.
No. 17946.   Sample No. 16678-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 24,1945, Northern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about September 13, 1945, by Griffin Dairy & Ice 
Cream Co., from Griffin, Ga.   This was a return shipment.
PRODUCT: 31 55-gallon barrels of orange flavor base at Chicago, Ill., in posses- 
sion of the Harrison's Orange Corporation.
LABEL, IN PART :    "Harrison's   Orange Hut   Orange Flavor Base."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the article contained an 
added poisonous and deleterious substance, monochloraeetic acid, which is 
unsafe within the meaning of the law, since it is a substance not required in 
the production of the food, and it could have been avoided by good manu- 
facturing practice.
DISPOSITION : November 14, 1945. The sole intervener having consented to the 
entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was 
ordered destroyed.