8181. Adulteration and misbranding' of'almond extract. IT. S. * * * v. 7?
Dozen 3-0imee Bottles, More or Less, Labeled In Part, "Pure?
Almond." Consent decree o? condemnation and forfeitnx-e. I'rod-?
nct ordered released on bond. (F. & D. No. 11482. I. S. No. 8790-r.?
S.  No.  C-1553.)?
On October 28, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure?
and condemnation of a certain quantity of a certain article, labeled in part?
"Pure Almond," remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at East?
St. Louis, 111., consigned by Schroeder Grocer Prod. Co., St. Louis, Mo., alleging?
that the article had been shipped on September G, 1919, and transported from?
the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it was a dilute almond flavor containing 0.08 per cent?
of benzaklehyde.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in that a dilute solution of benzalde-?
hyile had been mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce, lower, and?
injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly or?
in part for the article.
Misbranding of the'article was alleged in that the statement on the label?
of the bottles containing the article, regarding the article, was false and mis??
leading in that it implied an almond extract, when, ? in fact, the article con??
tained a very small amount of benzaklehyde. Further misbranding was al??
leged in that the article was an imitatioh of, and was offered for sale under?
the distinctive name of, another article, to wit " Pure Almond."
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On November 24, 1919, C. H. Ozier, claimant, having consented to the entry
of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was
ordered by the court that the product be delivered to the claimant on payment
of the costs of the proceedings and the filing of a bond, in conformity with
section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.