6004. Adulteration and misbranding of beverage sirup vanilla. U. S. v. 11 
Cartons and % Jugs of Beverage Syrup Vanilla. Default decree of con- 
demnation.    Produet    ordered    delivered    to    charitable    institutions.
(F. D. C. No. 12838.    Sample No. 76943-F.)
This product was a mixture of sugar, water, artificial vanillin, and coumarin, 
colored with caramel and containing little or no vanilla extract.
LABEL, IN PART: (Jugs) "Master Brands Triple Dilution Beverage Syrup Van- 
illa ' *    *    *   Master Brands of America   Manufacturers   New York."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
vanilla extract, had been in whole or in part omitted from the product; 
Section 402 (b) (2), an artificially flavored and colored beverage sirup had 
been substituted in whole or in part for a triple-strength vanilla sirup; Sec- 
tion 402 (b) (3), inferiority had been concealed by the addition of artificial 
flavoring and coloring; and, Section 402 (b) (4), artificial flavoring and color- 
ing had been added to the product or mixed or packed with it so as to make ¦ 
it appear better or of greater value than it was.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statements, "Triple Dilution Beverage 
Syrup Vanilla Prepared with cane sugar syrup, imitation vanilla flavor 
and pure vanilla extract * * * To one part this vanilla syrup add three 
part simple syrup," borne on the label, were misleading as applied to an 
article which contained little or no vanilla extract; Section 403 (b) it was 
offered for sale under the name of another food, "Triple dilution beverage 
syrup vanilla"; and, Section 403 (c), it was an imitation of another food 
and its label failed to bear, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word 
"imitation" and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated.
DISPOSITION : August 16,1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to charitable 
institutions.