F. & n. No. 3948.
S. No. 1380.	
Issued December 17, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1821.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF SO-CALLED OLITE OIL.
On May 11, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern Dis??
trict of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri??
culture
 filed in the District Court of the United States for said dis??
trict a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 5 cases, 3 of which?
each contained 12 one-gallon cans, and 2 of which each contained 48?
quart cans of so-called olive oil, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages and in possession of the Pennsylvania Railroad?
Co. at its Pier No. 10, Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the product?
had been shipped on or about May 7, 1912, from the State of New?
York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled:?
(On cases) " C. W. & B. Co., 213 South Tenth St., Philadelphia?
from DeSiano Italiano Wine Oil Co., 233 E. 29 St., New York." (On?
retail packages) "Lucca Olive Oil Compounded with Cottonseed Oil?
Extra Quality Imported and Packed by De Siano & Grosso ". Label?
also bore representation of female figure bearing an olive branch.?
Upon reverse side the retail packages bore initials " G S D." The?
words " Compounded with Cottonseed Oil" were printed so incon??
spicuously as not to be discernible without close observation.
Misbranding was alleged in the libel for the reason that by virtue?
of the label and brand on the product it was represented to be a for??
eign product, to wit, a product which had theretofore been imported?
into the United States by De Siano & Grosso, whereas, in truth and?
in fact, it had not theretofore been imported into the United States?
by said De Siano & Grosso, but was a product which had been wholly?
or in large part produced in the United States of America.
On June 14, 1912, decree of condemnation and forfeiture was en??
tered and it was further ordered that the product should be destroyed
by the United States marshal.
W. M. HATS,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 17, 191?.
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WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1912