698. Adulteration   and misbranding of   vanilla   flavor.     IT.   S.   v.   13   Cases,   6
Cases, and 9 Cases of Vanilla Flavor.    Default decree of condemnation 

and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 1182.   Sample Nos. 79616-D, 79617-D, 79618-D.)
This product was a mixture of vanillin and coumarin, artifically colored 
with caramel, and containing little or no vanilla. The bottles were paneled, 
which created the impression that they contained more than was actually the 
case.
On December 14, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois filed a libel against 28 cases of vanilla flavor at Chicago, Ill., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 
3, 1939, by A. J. Krank, Inc., from St. Paul, Minn.; and charging that it was 
adulterated and. misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Bottles) 
"Gemac Compound Vanilla Flavor Vanilline Vanilla Coumarin with Caramel ¦ 
Color    *    *    *    Gemac Laboratories [or "Chicago Laboratories"] Chicago, III."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that inferiority had been concealed 
through the addition of artificial color. It was alleged to be adulterated further 
in that a substance consisting of vanillin and coumarin, artifically colored with 
caramel and containing little or no vanilla, had been mixed and packed there- 
with so as to make it appear better or of greater value than it was.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that it was an imitation of 
another food and its label did not bear the word "imitation" in type of uniform 
size and prominence and immediately after the name of the food imitated. 
It was alleged to be misbranded further in that its container was so made, 
formed or filled as to be misleading.
On February 7, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.