29178. Adulteration and misbranding of Kalcovan.    U. S. v. 1 Bottle of Kal- 
covan.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
41630.    Sample No. 7599-D.)
This product contained diethylene glycol, a poison.
On February 5,1938, the United States attorney for the District of Connecti- 
cut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of one bottle of Kalcovan at
Shelton, Conn.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 7, 1937, from New York, N. Y., by I. Kalfus Co.; and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Kalco Brand Kalco-Van * * * 
1. Kalfus Co., Inc.   *    *    *   New York, N. Y."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that an imitation vanilla flavor containing 
a poisonous substance, a glycol, had been substituted in whole or in part for 
Kalcovan, a food flavor which it purported to be; and in that it contained an 
added poison or deleterious ingredient, a glycol, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
Misbranding was alleged in that the statement "Composed of Vanillin Cou- 
marin Glycerine Solvent, Carmel Color" was false and misleading and tended 
to deceive and mislead the purchaser when applied to an imitation vanilla 
flavor containing a glycol, a poison, and also in that it implied that glycerin 
was the only solvent, whereas the article contained a glycol, a poison; and in 
that it was an imitation of another article, vanilla flavor.
On June 16, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.