(N. J. 14.)
MISBRANDING OF VANILLA EXTRACT.
(Imitation colored with caramel.)
In accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Food and 
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, and of regulation 6 of the rules and regu- 
lations for the enforcement of the act, notice is given that on the Tth 
day of July, 1908, in the district court of the United States for the 
western division of the southern district of Ohio, in a criminal prose- 
cution by the United States against Edwin A. Steinbock and Proctor 
D. Patrick, trading under the firm name of Steinbock & Patrick, for
violation of section 2 of the aforesaid aet in shipping and delivering 
for shipment from Ohio to Indiana of an adulterated and misbranded 
vanilla extract, the said Edwin A. Steinbock and Proctor D. Pat- 
rick entered pleas of guilty, whereupon the court imposed upon each 
of them a fine of $5. '
The following is a statement of facts upon which the case was 
based:
On August 22, 1907, an inspector of the Department of Agriculture 
purchased from A. R. Norris, Terre Haute, Ind., a sample of a food 
product labeled " Steinbock & Patrick's Marvel Extract of Vanilla, 
2 oz." The sample was subjected to analysis in the Bureau of Chem- 
istry and the following result obtained and stated:
Coumarin (percent) 
^ 0.032
Vanillin (percent) 
0.07
Resins 
Very slight.
Coal-tar dye 
None.
Caramel 
Present.
Weight found (grams) 
53.5
Weight should be (grams) 
56.5
In " Standards of Purity for Food Products," established under
authority of the act of March 3, 1903, and published as Circular
19, Office of the Secretary, U. S. Department of Agriculture, vanilla
extract is defined as follows:
Vanilla extract is the flavoring extract prepared from vanilla bean, with or 
without sugar or glycerin, and contains in one hundred (100) cubic centimeters 
the soluble matters from not less than ten (10) grams of vanilla bean.
It was evident that the product was both adulterated and mis- 
branded ; adulterated because it purported to be an extract of vanilla 
when, in fact, some other substances, coumarin and vanillin, had 
been substituted for vanilla extract. The article was, therefore, a 
mere imitation colored with caramel to resemble real vanilla extract, 
thereby concealing inferiority and deceiving the public. It was mis- 
branded for the reason that it was labeled " Extract of Vanilla," 
when in fact it was an imitation of that article, having in it no 
extract of vanilla bean, and was colored with caramel to impart the 
color of the pure extract. It was further misbranded because of 
the label on the carton, which declared the quantity to be 2 ounces, 
whereas the bottle contained 3.1 grams below the quantity required 
to make a full 2 ounces.
The Secretary of Agriculture having on June 25, 1908, afforded 
the manufacturers an opportunity to show any fault or error in the 
aforesaid analysis, and they having failed to do so, the facts were 
duly reported to the Attorney-General and the case referred to the 
United States attorney for the southern district of Ohio, who filed an
information against the said Steinbock and Patrick, with the result 
hereinbefore stated.
H. W. WlMJY,
F. L. DUNLAP,
Board of Food and Drug Inspection. 
Approved:
.   W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 27,1908.