2999. Adulteration and misbranding of vanilla flavor.   U. S. v. West India Mfg. Co.   Plea of?
guilty.   Fine, $20.   (F. & D. No. 4893.   I. S. No. 2302-e.)
On December 11, 1913, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district an information against the West India?
Mfg. Co., a corporation, St. Louis, Mo., alleging shipment by said company, in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about July 25, 1912, from the State of Missouri?
into the State of Florida, of a quantity of so-called vanilla flavor, which was adulterated?
and misbranded. The product was labeled: "Vanilla Flavor Compound, No. 3828.?
Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act June 30, 1906."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the following results:
Alcohol (per cent by volume)?
 20.10
Methyl alcohol?
None.
Coloring matter: Caramel.
Vanillin (per cent)?
 0. 686
Coumarin?
None.
Resins by dealcoholizing: Very slight.
Leach test: Negative.
Winton lead number?
    0.13
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that a com??
pound of vanillin and coumarin artificially colored had been mixed and packed with?
the product so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength;?
and further in that a compound of vanillin and coumarin, which had been artificially?
colored, had been substituted wholly or in large part for the genuine article; and?
further in that said product was colored in a manner whereby its inferiority was con??
cealed. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Vanilla Flavor,"?
so borne on the label as aforesaid, was false and misleading, because it conveyed the?
impression that the product was genuine vanilla flavor, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
it was a compound of vanillin and coumarin artificially colored; and the said state??
ment, " Compound," which appeared inconspicuously upon the label, was insufficient?
to correct the false impression conveyed by said statement "Vanilla Fkvor." Mis??
branding was alleged for the further reason that the product was labeled and branded?
so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, in that it was labeled "Vanilla Flavor,1'?
whereas, in truth and in fact, it was a compound of vanillin and coumarin artificially?
colored, and the said statement, "Compound," so appearing on the label inconspicu??
ously, was not sufficient to correct the false impression conveyed by the statement?
"Vanilla Flavor."
On December 15,1913, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the infor??
mation, and the court imposed a fine of $20.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March SO, 1914.
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