NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1062.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drags Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF OLIVE OIL.
On March 4, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana, acting upon the report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed information in the District Court of the United 
States for said district against the Cusimano & Tujague Co. and 
Jacob Cusimano, Albert J. Cusimano, and Leon Tujague, composing 
said company, alleging shipment, in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about March 27, 1909, from the State of Louisiana into 
the State of Florida of a quantity of olive oil which was adulter- 
ated and misbranded. The product was labeled: "Olio Finissimo 
D Oliva Vergine Re D Italia Brand—Olive Oil & Salad Oil—The 
Original contents of this case a Blend."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department of 
a sample of this product showed the same to contain 57 per cent 
cottonseed oil. Adulteration was alleged for the reason that cotton- 
seed oil had been substituted in part for the pure olive oil, and be- 
cause cottonseed oil had been mixed and packed with said olive oil 
so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and 
strength. Misbranding was alleged because the label on the product 
was false and misleading, in that it represented the product to be 
pure virgin olive oil, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not pure 
virgin olive oil, but a mixture of olive oil and cottonseed oil.
On April 1, 1911, the defendant pleaded guilty and the court im- 
posed a joint fine of $10 and costs. 
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JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 14, 1911.
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