28523. Adulteration and misbranding of beverage flavors. IT. S. v. 7 Pint Bottles 
of Beverage Flavors, et al. Default decree of condemnation and de- 
struction. (F. & D. Nos. 41274, 41457, 41458. Sample Nos. 38471-C, 71061-C, 
71062-C.)
This product contained a poison, namely, a glycol or a glycol ether, or both.
On December 28, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon" a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure of 11 pint bottles of beverage flavors at 
Newark, N. J. On January 18, 1938, a libel was filed against 13 dozen 1-ounce 
bottles of beverage flavors at Philadelphia, Pa. The libels alleged that the 
articles had been shipped in interstate commerce on various dates between 
January 17, 1935, and October 7, 1937, from New York, N. Y., by W. Sheinker & 
Son, Inc., and charged adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The articles were labeled in part: "Green Ribbon * * * 
Rye Flavor [or other flavors] Green Ribbon Extract Co. New York, N. Y."
They were alleged to be adulterated in that products containing a glycol or a 
glycol ether, or both, poisons, had been substituted in whole or in part for 
beverage flavors, which they purported to be; and in that they contained an 
added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, a glycol or glycol ether, or both, 
which might have rendered them injurious to health.
Misbranding was alleged in that the statements on the labels, "Flavor * * * 
Rye [or "Creme de Cacao," "Bernardino," "Anisette," "Apricot," "Rum," "Ani- 
sone," "Gin," or "Vermouth"]," were false and: misleading and tended to de- 
ceive and mislead the purchaser when applied to articles containing a glycol 
or a glycol ether, or both, poisons; and in that they were offered for sale under 
the distinctive names of other articles, beverage flavors.
On February 18, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture-