F. & D. No. 1272.
I. S. No. 9596-b.	
Issued July 13, 1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 932, FOOD AND DKUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF YANILLA FLAYOR.
On or about October 13, 1909, Louis Goetzman and Frederick?
Goetzman, trading as Goetzman Brothers, St. Louis, Mo., shipped?
from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois a quantity of?
vanilla flavor labeled as follows: " Concentrated 4-X, Vanilla Flavor :?
Bakers and Confectioners Supplies: Distributed by Goetzman Bros.,?
316 Market St., St. Louis, Mo." (In small type at bottom of label) :?
"Vanilla Flavor made of Vanillin." Samples from this shipment?
were procured and analyzed by the Bureau of Chemistry, United?
States Department of Agriculture, with the following results: Ethyl?
alcohol by volume 17.12 per cent, vanillin 0.87 per cent, coumarin?
0.11 per cent, vanilla resins very scanty, color apparently natural.?
As the anafysis and report thereon showed that the product was adul??
terated and misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture afforded the said?
Louis Goetzman and Frederick Goetzman and the party from whom?
the samples were procured opportunities for hearings. As it ap??
peared after hearings held that the shipment was made in violation?
of the act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the?
Attorne3^-General with a statement of the evidence upon which to?
base a prosecution.
In due course a criminal information was filed in the District Court?
of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri against the?
said Louis Goetzman and Frederick Goetzman, charging the above?
shipment and alleging that the product so shipped was adulterated?
in that a highly dilute alcoholic solution of vanillin and coumarin?
had been substituted for the vanilla flavor, and in that said alcoholic?
solution of vanillin and coumarin had been mixed and packed with?
the product so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality?
and strength. The information also alleged that the product was?
misbranded in that it was an imitation of and offered for sale under?
the distinctive name of another article, to wit, vanilla flavor, and
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that the label upon said product was false and misleading, said label?
being such as to deceive and mislead the purchaser.
On April 3, 1911, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the?
above information, and the court imposed a total fine of $20 and?
costs.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5, 1911.
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