6S17. Adulteration and misbranding of olive oil. U. S. * * * v. 25 Cases?
of Alleged Olive Oil. Consent decree of condemnation and for??
feiture. Product ordered released on bond. (P. & D. No. 9293. I. S.?
No. 13331-r.    S. No. E-1107.)
On September 7, 1918, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of Pennsylvania, 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 condemnation of 25 cases of alleged olive oil, remaining unsold in?
the original unbroken packages at Monongahela, Pa., alleging that the article?
had been shipped on or about July 30, 1918, by Lyriotakis Brothers, New York,?
N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the State of Pennsyl??
vania, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part, " 1 Gallon Net Qualita?
Superiore Olio Tripolitania Puro Garantito Sotto Qualsiasi Analisi Chimica.?
Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Act June 30, 1906. Garantito Sotto?
La Legge Del 30 Giugno 1906" (design of maps of Italy and Tripoli and picture?
of queen with flag).
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that?
cottonseed oil had been mixed and packed wholly or in part for olive oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the above-quoted?
statements, designs, and devices conveyed the impression that the product was?
alien olive oil, when it was not; and for the further rea&on that the label?
deceived and misled the purchaser and the product purported to be a foreign?
product, when it was not; and for the further reason that the quantity of the?
contents [of the cans] was not declared.
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On September 25, 1918, the said Lyriotakis Brothers, claimant, having con??
sented to a decree, 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 $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
C. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.