0823. Adultei-ation and misbranding- of olive oil. TJ. S. * * * v. 114?
Quarts of Olive Oil. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture,?
and sale.     (P. & D. No. 9327.    I. S. No. 3 3661-r.     S. No. E-1117.)
On September 12, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Con??
necticut, 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 114 quarts of olive oil, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at Thompsonville, Conn., alleging that the article hod been?
shipped on or about May 17, 1918, by M. Campolieti, New York, N. Y., 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, as amended. The article was labeled, " Finest Quality Olive Oil Extra?
Pure Termini Imerese Sicilia-Italia i Gallon Net."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that cotton??
seed oil had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and?
injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted almost?
wholly for olive oil, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statements?
borne on the labels of the cans were false and misleading, that is to say, the?
statement, to wit, " Olive Oil," was intended to be of such a character as to?
induce the purchaser to believe that it was olive oil, when, in truth and in?
fact, it was not; and for the further reason that it purported to be a foreign?
product, when, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was a product of domestic?
manufacture, packed in the United States; 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. Misbranding of the article was alleged for the?
further reason that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the con??
tents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package?
in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count.
On December 5, 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 at private sale by the United States marshal.
C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
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