3139.?Adulteration and misbranding? of vanilla extract.   U.  S. v. 1 Barrel
of Vanilla Extract.   Prodtict  ordered  released   on  bond.     (F.   &  D.
No. 5272.     S. No. 1859.)
On July 8, 1913, the United States Attorney for the District of Utah, 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 vanilla extract, remaining unsold in the original unbroken package?
and in possession of the Sweet Candy Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, alleging that?
the product had been shipped by A. Irvine Co., San Francisco, Cal., on or about?
May 29, 1912, and transported from the State of California into the State of?
Utah, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act. The product was labeled: " Essence of Vanilla guaranteed pure??
A. Irvine Co. Manufacturing Chemists, 715-17-19-21 Battery St. San Francisco,?
California. Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, Serial?
No. 31595."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
contained an imitation of vanilla extract which had been mixed with and substi??
tuted in part for vanilla extract. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the?
label above set forth was false and misleading so as to mislead and deceive the?
purchaser thereof in that said label represented the contents of the barrel to be?
guaranteed pure essence of vanilla, whereas, in truth and in fact, the product?
contained in part an imitation vanilla extract so mixed and packed with it as?
to reduce and lower its quality and strength, and said product was not in fact?
a pure essence of vanilla.
On July 30, 1913, the case having come on for hearing and it appearing to the?
satisfaction of the court that all the costs of the proceedings, amounting to the?
sum of $17.67, had been paid by the said Sweet Candy Co., claimant, and that?
said claimant had executed bond in the sum of $150, in conformity with section?
30 of the act, it was ordered by the court that the product should be delivered?
to said claimant.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21, 1914-