3138. Adulteration and misbranding of vanilla extract. U. S. v. 1 Barrel?
of Vanilla Extract. Default decree of condemnation and forfeiture.?
Product ordered sold.      (F. & D. No. 5271.     S. No. 1857.)
On or about July 2, 1913, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District?
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure?
and condemnation of 1 barrel of an article of food represented to be vanilla?
extract, remaining unsold in the original unbroken package, and in posses??
sion of the S. E. Carr Co., Inc., Spokane, Wash., alleging that the product?
had been shipped under invoice dated May 7, 1913, by Julius Niclas and Co.,?
Chicago, 111., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Wash??
ington, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: (Stencil on barrel) "31-1/2 Gals?
standard Van." (On shipping tag) " Carr's Dept. Store, Spokane, Washington,?
Dept. B, from Julius Niclas and Co., Artistic and Ornamental Confectioners,?
2260 Clybourn Ave., Chicago."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
contained vanillin, 0.29 per cent, coumarin, 0.22 per cent, resins, none, [with a]?
lead number, 0.03, color, caramel, and an imitation extract of vanilla had been?
mixed and packed with said product in such a manner as to reduce and lower?
and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substituted for it,?
and it was also colored in a manner whereby inferiority was concealed. Mis??
branding was alleged for the reason that the labeling of the product was mis??
leading and false so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, and so as to offer?
the same for sale as an article of standard strength and quality.
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BUREAU  OF  CHEMISTEY.	'        
	[May, 1914.
On October 3, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be sold by the United States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21, 191k.