I. S. No. 4808-b.
F. & D. No. 1236.	
Issued August 8,1910.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 472, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
MISBRANDING OF OLIVE OIL.
On or about June 18, 1909, Swift & Co., a corporation of Chicago,?
111., shipped from the State of Illinois to the State of Massachusetts a?
consignment of a food product labeled "Specialta Olio di Prima?
Qualita." Samples from this shipment were procured and analyzed?
by the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Department of?
Agriculture, and as the findings of the analyst and report thereon?
indicated that the product was misbranded within the meaning of the?
Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, the Secretary of Agriculture?
afforded Swift & Co., and the dealer from whom the samples were?
purchased, opportunities for hearings. As it appeared after hearings?
held that said shipment was made in violation of the act, the Secretary?
of Agriculture reported the facts to the Attorney-General, with a?
statement of the evidence upon which to base a prosecution.
On March 14, 1910, a criminal information was filed in the District?
Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois against?
the said Swift & Co., charging the above shipment and alleging that?
the product was misbranded within the meaning of the act, in that the?
label quoted was false and misleading, because said preparation was?
not an oil of the first quality, that is to say, an olive oil for table use,?
but, on the contrary, was an artificial preparation consisting of?
cotton-seed oil.
On March 19, 1910, the defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the?
above information, but subsequently withdrew said plea and sub??
stituted therefor a plea of nolo contendere. The case came on for?
hearing on "May 24, 1910, and the court imposed a fine of $200 and?
costs.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs?
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 25, '1910.
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