6093. Adulteration and misbranding: of olive oil.. U. S. * * * v. 6 Cases?
of a Product Purporting to be Olive Oil. Default decree of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and sale. (F. & D. No. 8802. I. S. No. 3863-p.?
S. No. E-978.)
On February 19, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Massa??
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Pourt of the United States for said district a libel of information praying?
the seizure and condemnation of 6 cases of a product purporting to be olive?
oil, consigned on or about February 2, 1918, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by Lyriotakis Bros., New York, N. Y., and transported from the State of New?
York into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration and misbrand??
ing in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled?
" Finest Quality Olive Oil Extra Pure Termini Imerese Sicilia-Italia 1 Gallon?
Net Guaranteed Absolutely Pure."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel of information for the?
reason that it consisted wholly or in part of cottonseed oil, which had been?
mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce,-lower, and injuriously affect its?
quality and strength.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the packages and?
labels thereof bore a statement which was false and misleading, that is to say,?
the words, " Olive Oil," in that said product was not olive oil; and for the?
further reason that it was an imitation of, and was offered for sale under the?
distinctive name of, another article, to wit, olive oil, whereas, in truth and in?
fact, it was not; and for the further reason thatby manner of display it led?
the purchaser to believe that the article was a foreign product, when, in truth?
and in fact, it was a product of domestic manufacture; and for the further?
reason, in substance, that" it was food in package form, and the quantity of the?
contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package?
in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count.
On March 29, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be sold by United States marshal at public auction in?
a package or packages properly branded, denoting that the contents consisted of?
cottonseed oil instead of olive oil.
CAEL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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