F. & D. No. 3194.
I. S. No. 18400-e.	
Issued July 19,1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1542.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF VANILLA EXTRACT.
On February 29, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern?
District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri??
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis??
trict an information against the Warner-Jenkinson Co., a corpora??
tion, St. Louis, Mo., alleging shipment by it, in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act, on or about May 4, 1911, from the State of Missouri?
into the State of Indiana of a consignment of vanilla extract which?
was adulterated and misbranded. The product was labeled: "War-?
ner-Jenkinson Co.    All Bean Vanilla   *    *    *    St. Louis, Mo."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department of samples?
of this product showed the following results: Vanillin purified, 0.106?
per cent; vanillin unpurified (resinous), 0.142 per cent; lead number,?
0.24; coumarin, none. Adulteration was alleged in the information?
for the reason that a dilute extract of vanilla had been mixed and?
packed with the product in such a manner as to reduce, lower, and?
injuriously affect its quality and strength; and adulteration was?
further alleged for the reason that a substance, to wit, a dilute extract?
of vanilla, had been substituted wholly or in large part for the said?
article and product. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the?
product was labeled "All Bean Vanilla," and said label thereby?
created the impression and led the purchaser thereof to believe that?
said product was a genuine vanilla extract of standard quality and?
strength, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but a dilute?
extract of vanilla, and was of less than the standard quality and?
strength, thereby deceiving and misleading the purchaser.
On March 25,  1912, the defendant company entered a plea of
guilty and a fine of $10 and costs was imposed by the court on the
charge of adulteration, and a fine of $10 and costs on the charge of
misbranding.
W. M. HAYS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 11, 1912.
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