F. & D. No. 679.
S. No. 266.	
Issued October 26,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 619, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF "VANOLEUM, CONCENTRATED VANILLA."
On or about February 17,1909, there were shipped from the State of?
New York to the State of California 52 1-pint bottles and 24 5-pint?
bottles of a food product, each of which bottles was labeled "Vano??
leum, Concentrated Vanilla, a compound, Corrizo Extract Company,?
New York City, U. S. A.", all of said bottles being contained in orig??
inal cases labeled "Vanoleum, the original Mexican vanilla oil,?
Corrizo Extract Company, Battle Creek, Mich.; Mexico; New York?
City." An examination of samples of this product made by the?
Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture,?
showed it to be misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906. As it appeared from the findings of the analyst?
and report thereon that the said shipment was liable to seizure under?
section 10 of the act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to?
the United States attorney for the Northern District of California.
In due course a libel was filed in the District Court of the United?
States for said district against the said bottles of Vanoleum, charging?
the above shipment and alleging the product so shipped to be mis-?
branded, in that the labels above set forth made it appear that it was?
a concentrated vanilla compound, when in truth and in fact it was an?
imitation of vanilla and contained little or no extract of vanilla, but?
was primarily a mixture of vanillin and coumarin dissolved in?
glycerin and alcohol artificially colored with caramel so as to imitate?
vanilla. The hbel also prayed seizure and condemnation of the?
product.
On July 28, 1910, said Corrizo Extract Company of New York?
entered its appearance, filed its claim to the product, and consented?
that a decree of condemnation be entered in accordance with the?
prayer of the libel above set forth, whereupon the court, being fully?
informed in the premises, issued its decree, finding the above men??
tioned bottles of Vanoleum to be misbranded as charged in said libel?
and condemning said product and ordering that it be disposed of by?
sale or public auction by the marshal for said district, with a proviso,
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however, that said bottles of Vanoleum should be delivered to said?
claimant in lieu of the sale thereof at public auction if said claimant?
should pay the costs of these proceedings and execute and deliver a?
satisfactory bond in the sum of $200 conditioned that said product?
should be properly labeled and not be sold or disposed of contrary to?
law. Said costs having been paid and bond furnished by claimant?
in accordance with the terms of said decree, the above-mentioned?
bottles of Vanoleum were forthwith delivered to said claimant.?
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act
of June 30, 1906.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 26, 1910.
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