14545. Adulteration  and  misbranding:  of  vanilla  flavor.     U.   S.   v.   2  Gross
Bottles   Vanilla   Flavor.    Default   decree  of   condemnation,   forfeiture 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 20772.     I. S. No. 10453-x.     S. No. W-1844.)
On January 14, 1926, 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 praying seizure 
and condemnation of 2 gross (bottles) of vanilla flavor, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Yakima, Wash., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by Lang & Co., from Portland, Oreg., November 28, 1925, and 
transported from the State of Oregon into the State of Washington, and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The article was labeled in part: (Retail label) "Great American Brand 
Compound Vanilla Flavor Specially Prepared From Vanilla Bean Chemically 
Pure Vanillin, Coumarin And Caramel Color," the words " Compound Vanilla 
Flavor " being much more prominent than the remainder of the quoted label. 
The shipping case bore the retail label and the statement: " Three Dozen, Two 
Ounce."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that an 
imitation vanilla flavor, artificially flavored and colored, had been substituted 
wholly or in part for the said article, and in that it had been mixed and 
colored in a manner whereby damage and inferiority were concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the labels on the cases con- 
taining the article were false and misleading and deceived and misled the 
purchaser, and for the further reason that it was an imitation of and offered 
for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On July 19, 1926, ho claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.      , ..-,? : ? .. ,.-..
*W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.