8787. Adulteration and misbranding of imitation chocolate extract.   U. S. v. 10%
Cases of Imitation Chocolate Extract.    Default decree of condemnation 
and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 14869.   Sample No. 88092-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 26, 1944, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 13, 1943, by the Victory Extract Manu- 
facturing Co., from Rochester, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 10% cases, each containing 24 4-ounce bottles, of imitation choco- 
late extract at Maiden, Mass.
LABEL IN PART :    "Victory Brand   Imitation Chocolate   Concentrated Extract."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration/ Section 402 (b) (2), a solution having no 
flavor of chocolate and containing inconsequential amounts of two of the im- 
portant members of the vitamin B complex, Bi and riboflavin, had been substi- 
tuted in whole or in part for "Imitation Chocolate Concentrated Extract 
Enriched with Vitamin B Complex."
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statements on the label, "Imitation 
Chocolate Concentrated Extract Enriched with Vitamin B Complex * * * 
For Chocolate Syrup * * * a substitute for any form of cocoa or chocolate. 
* * * is highly concentrated * * * Enriched with Vitamin H Complex 
Thiamin, Riboflavin (vitamin G)," were false and misleading as applied to a 
product which had no flavor of chocolate and which contained inconsequential 
amounts of vitamin Bi and riboflavin.
DISPOSITION: January 29, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.