3025.?Adulteration and misbranding of olive oil.   U. S. v. G. Lo Callo et al. (G. Lo Callo & Co.).
Plea of guilty.   Fine, $30.   Sentence suspended as to one defendant.   (F. & D. No.
4983.   I. S. No. 18755-d.)
On June 23, 1913, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the?
United States for said district an information against George Lo Calio, Joseph Lo Calio,?
and Joseph Spitleri, doing business under the firm name and style of G. Lo Calio & Co.,?
New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, on December 27,1911, from the State of New York into the State of Penn??
sylvania, of a quantity of so-called olive oil which was adulterated and misbranded.?
The product was labeled: "Extra Fine Olive Oil Lucca Italy. Olio d'oliva. Torri-?
celli Brand Marca Depositata."
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Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed the following results:
Strong qualitative test for cottonseed oil.
Specific gravity, 15.5? C?
    0. 919
Refractive index at 25? C?
 1. 4688
Iodin number?
      95. 5
Sesame oil test: Negative.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the information for the reason that there?
was mixed and packed with said article, so as to reduce and injuriously affect its?
quality and strength, another article, to wit, cottonseed oil, to the extent of 30 to 40?
per cent. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that there was substituted?
in part for the genuine article, olive oil, another article, to wit, cottonseed oil, to the?
extent of 30 to 40 per cent. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the product?
was labeled as aforesaid, so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser thereof in that?
the aforesaid label regarding the article and ingredients and substances contained?
therein was false and misleading, in that said label would indicate that the article?
was Italian olive oil, whereas, in truth and in fact, said article was a mixture of olive?
oil and cottonseed oil. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the product?
purported to be a foreign product when it was not so, but was a product of the United?
States.
On July 1, 1913, the two defendants, George Lo Calio and Joseph Lo Calio, entered?
pleas of guilty to the information, and the court assessed a fine of $15 against each?
defendant.    Sentence was suspended by the court as to the defendant Joseph Spitleri.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 6, 1914.