1895. Adulteration and misbranding of vanilla extract.    U. S. v. 58 Cartons of
Vanilla Extract.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (P.
D. C. No. 3892.   Sample No. 50091-E.)
This product contained vegetable extractives from sources other than the 
vanilla bean, which contained resinous material simulating vanilla resins.
On February 27, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia 
filed a libel against 58 cartons of vanilla extract at Washington, D. C, alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 
19, 1940, by the Jersey Belle Food Products Co. from New York, N. Y.; and 
charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. It was labeled in part: 
(Bottles) "1 Quart Pure Extract Vanilla Plantation Extract Corp. New York, 
N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that an imitation vanilla extract 
containing resinous substances not found in genuine vanilla extract had been 
substituted wholly or in part for "Pure Vanilla Extract"; in that inferiority 
had been concealed through the addition of foreign resins; and in that foreign 
resins had been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to make it 
appear better or of greater value than it was.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Pure Extract Vanilla" 
was false and misleading; in that it was offered for sale under the name of 
another food; and in that it was an imitation of another food and its label 
did not bear, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation" 
and immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated.
On March 21, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.