3358. Adulteration and misbranding1 of olive oil. V. S. v. 96 Cans of Mis-?
branded Olive Oil. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture,?
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 5357.    I. S. No. 1541-h.    S. No. 1961.)
On October 17, 1913, the United States attorney for the District of Con??
necticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 1 case containing 48 pint cans of oil and another case contain??
ing 48 other cans of oil, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at?
New Haven, Conn., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about?
June 30, 1913, and transported from the State of New York into the State of?
Connecticut, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act. The cans in one of the cases were labeled: " Olive Oil??
Specialty?From Lucca (pictorial representations of coat of arms, queens, etc.)?
Lucca Olive Oil?L. Natalini Brand; " the cans in the other case were labeled :?
"(Pictorial representations of medals of award) Net contents li lbs. 6| oz.?
Baron del Bosco (Crown and shield bearing picture of bear and lion)?Italy??
Extra Fine?Olive Oil?Guaranteed absolutely pure?M. Beneventano, Del?
Bosco, Sole Agent, 212 Lafayette St., New York."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that the?
product was not olive oil, but that instead it consisted in large part of cotton??
seed oil which had been mixed and packed with and substituted for olive?
oil in such manner as to reduce or lower the quality of the product.    Mis-
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BUREAU   OP  CHEMISTRY.	
[July, 1914.
branding, was alleged for the reason that the retail packages in one of the?
cases were labeled: "Olive Oil Specially [Specialty] from Lucca," and the?
retail packages in the other case were labeled: " Extra Fine?Olive Oil?Guar??
anteed Absolutely Pure," when in truth and in fact said retail packages did?
not contain olive oil, but contained a product consisting largely of cottonseed?
oil which had been mixed and packed with and substituted for olive oil.
On December 22, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 24, 1914.