E367. Adulteration, and misbranding of olive oil. IT. S. * * * v. 4 Cases 
of Olive Oil. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product ordered released on bond. (F. & I>. No. 7877. I. S. Nos. 
2974-m, 2975-m.    S. No. E-756.)
On November 27, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 4 cases of olive oil, received on or about November 15, 1916, 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Italian Importing Co., Elizabeth, N. J., 
and transported from the State of New Jersey into the State of Maryland, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: " Finest quality Olive Oil Extra 
Pure * * * i Gallon Net" (or "i Gallon Net" or "Net Contents Full 
Gallon").
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted of about 75 per cent of cottonseed oil which had been mixed and 
packed with the article so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality 
and strength, and had been substituted in part for said article.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was labeled 
and branded so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser; for the further reason 
that the label contained statements which were false and misleading; for the 
further reason that the article was ah imitation of and offered for sale under 
the distinctive name of another article, to wit, pure olive oil; and for the 
further reason that examination of the article showed a shortage of 10 per 
cent from the marked quantity.
On December 22, 1916, I. Papania, Baltimore, Md., claimant, having entered 
his appearance and filed an answer, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 
was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product should be 
released to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $100, in conformity with section 10 
of the act, conditioned in part that the article should be carefully assorted, 
and that the portion found free of adulteration might be disposed of for human 
consumption, and that the portion found to be adulterated should not be 
disposed of in any manner unless marked, " Mixed with Cotton Seed Oil."
CARI, VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
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