3307. Adulteration and misbranding of vanilla extract. U. S. v. 1 Barrel?
of Vanilla Extract. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture,?
and destruction.     (P. & D. No. 4553.    S. No. 1513.)
On September 21, 1912, the United States attorney for the Eastern District?
of Michigan, 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 containing 25 gallons, more or less, of vanilla extract,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages and in possession of the?
Paris Candy Co., Flint, Mich., alleging that the product had been shipped on?
May 15, 1912, from the State of Maryland into the State of Michigan, and?
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
The product was labeled: "XXXXX Vanilla Manufacturers Extracts, Fruit?
juices, etc. Vanilla beans, Essential oils colors etc. the William Haigh Com??
pany, Manufacturing Chemists, Baltimore Md. 128 S. Calvert St. Guaranteed?
by the William Haigh Co. Under the Food & Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, No.?
6632.   The William Haigh Co. 128 S. Calvert St. Baltimore Md."
It was alleged in the libel that the product was misbranded in violation of?
section 8, paragraphs 2 and 4, under the classification of "Food" in the Food?
and Drugs Act, and was adulterated in violation of section 7 of said act, para??
graphs 1 and 2 under " Food," an examination of a sample of the product by?
the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture having revealed?
that it was a dilute extract of vanilla which had been mixed and packed in?
such a manner as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength?
and had been substituted for the product, and was therefore adulterated, and?
that it was also labeled "XXXXX Vanilla," when it was an inferior diluted?
extract of vanilla, and the product was labeled in such a manner as to deceive?
and mislead the purchaser and therefore was misbranded in violation of said?
act as aforesaid.
On October 7, 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 destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture*
WA?HIWOXOW, D. 0., May &6, 19U,
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