3573. Adulteration and misbranding of so-calJed vanilla extract. U. S. v. David Lowenthal.?
Tried to the court and a jury. Verdict of guilty. Pine, $300. (F. <fe D. No. 5605. I. S.?
Nos. 250-e, 1664-e, 3182-e.)
On June 24, 1914, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the?
United States for-said district three informations against David Lowenthal, New?
Rochelle, N. Y., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, on October 19, November 15, and November 26, 1912, from the State of?
New York into the State of New Jersey, of quantities of a product purporting to be?
vanilla extract which was adulterated and misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the following results:
Coumarin (per cent)?
Vanillin?
Lead No?
Alcohol (per cent, by volume)
Methyl alcohol?
Resins	
Color	
Sample!.
0.17
None.?
0.21?
2.74
None.
None.?
Caramel.
Sample 2.