19906. Adulteration and Misbranding of vanilla flavor.    TJ. S. v. 80 Bottles
of Vanilla Flavor.    Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 27917.    I. S. No. 22346.    S. No. 5959.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a product which was an 
imitation vanilla flavor and was not labeled as such.
On March 18, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Montana, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 80 bottles of vanilla flavor at Butte, Mont., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 11, 1932, 
by the Universal Laboratories, Dallas, Tex., to Butte, Mont., and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: " Goodier's De Luxe   *   *   *   Vanilla Flavor
* *    *   Vanilla,   Vanillin   and  Coumarin  Compound  Caramel  color  added.
* *    *   Manufactured by Universal Laboratories, Dallas."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance, an imitation vanilla flavor, had been substituted wholly or in part for 
vanilla flavor.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, " Goodier's De 
Luxe 8 ounce Vanilla Flavor * * * Manufactured by Universal Labora- 
tories, Dallas," borne on the label, were false and misleading, since the article 
was an imitation of vanilla flavor.
On June 2, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENEY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.