2543. Adulteration  and misbranding of vanilla  extract.     TJ.   S.  v.  19  Cases  of
Vanilla Extract. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered 
delivered to a charitable organization. (F. D. C. No. 3957. Sample No. 
40309-E.)
Analysis indicated that this product contained resinous substances that were 
derived from sources other than the vanilla bean.
On March 12, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey filed a libel against 19 cases of extract of vanilla at Trenton, N. J., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about Janu- 
ary 17, 1941, by Francis H. Leggett & Co. from Brooklyn, N. Y.; and charging 
that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in cart: 
"Pure Extract Vanilla Plantation Extract Corp. New York, N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated (1) 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; (2) in that 
inferiority had been concealed through the addition of foreign resins; and 
(3) in that foreign resins had been added thereto or mixed or packed there- 
with so as to make it appear better or of greater value than it was.
It was alleged to be misbranded (1) 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; (2) for 
that it was offered for sale under the name of another food; and   (8)   in
that it was an imitation of another food and its label did not bear, in typa of 
uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation" and, immediately thereafter, 
the name of the food imitated.
On September 25, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be delivered to a 
charitable institution and that the labels be removed or destroyed.
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