1898. Adulteration and misbranding of vanilla extract.    U. S. v.  1,346 Bottles
of Vanilla Extract (and 7 other seizure actions against vanilla extract). 
Default decrees of condemnation. Portion of product ordered delivered 
to charitable organization; remainder ordered destroyed.    (F. D, C. Nos.
3764 to 3768, incl., 3788, 3789, 4391. Sample Nos. 20179-E, 37134-E, 37135-E, 
37137-E, 37140-E, 37141-B, 37142-E, 37235-E, 37236-E, 37237-E, 43178-B, 
43179-B, 43181-E.)
This product contained resinous substances not found in genuine vanilla.
Between February 5 and April 21, 1941, the United States attorneys for the 
Middle District of Georgia, Southern District of Georgia, Northern District of 
Georgia, Southern District of Florida, Eastern District of North Carolina, East- 
ern District of South Carolina, and Western District of Oklahoma filed libels 
against 1,346 bottles of vanilla extract at Fort Benning, Ga., 489 bottles at 
Tampa, Fla., 88 bottles at Port Screven, Ga., 1,056 bottles at Port Bragg, 
N. C, 437 bottles at Fort Moultrie, S. C;, 185 bottles at Fort Pierson, Ga., 
160 bottles at Port Oglethorpe, Ga., and 605 bottles at Oklahoma City, Okla.. 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the 
period from on or about July 23 to on or about December 27, 1940, by the 
Midwest Laboratories (or Midwest Laboratories Astrol Co.) from New York; 
N. Y.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: (Bottles) "Pure Extract Vanilla."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that an imitation vanilla extract 
containing substances not found in genuine vanilla extract had been substi- 
tuted 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 as applied to an imitation vanilla extract containing 
resinous substances not found in genuine vanilla extract; 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 prom- 
inence, the word "imitation" and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food 
Imitated.
Between the dates of March 1 and May 28, 1941, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered. The product seized in the Middle, 
Northern, and Southern Districts of Georgia, Southern District of Florida, and 
Eastern District of South Carolina were ordered destroyed immediately, and 
the product seized in the Western District of Oklahoma was ordered delivered 
to a charitable organization. The lot seized in the Eastern District of North 
Carolina was ordered destroyed after 30 days unless taken down under bond by 
the owner and was destroyed in accordance with said order.
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