6SS6. Adulteration and misbranding of olive oil. U. S. * * * v. 70 Half-?
gallon Cans of a Product Purporting- to be Olive Oil. Default de??
cree of condemnation, forfeiture, and sale.     (F. & D. No. 9379.    I. S.
No. 12519-r.    S. No. E-1128.)
On October 7, 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 Court of the United States for said district a libel of information praying?
the seizure and condemnation of 70 half-gallon cans of a product purporting
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to be olive oil,, consigned on or about Inly 13, 1918, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Worcester, Mass., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by N. S. Monahos, New York, N. Y., and transported from the?
State of New York into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration?
and misbranding in violation of the Food and-Drugs Act,, as amended.
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 certain statement, design, and device which was false and?
misleading, to wit, the words " Olio Olivola," together with designs of a?
woman's head with wreath of fruited olive twigs and representations of olive?
sprays, prominently displayed thereon, and, in an inconspicuous manner,?
the words " Winterpressed Cottonseed Salad Oil," all of which would lead a?
purchaser to believe that said food was olive oil, whereas, in truth and in fact,?
it was not olive oil. Misbranding 'of the article was further alleged for the?
reason that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents wras?
not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in terms?
of weight, measure, or numerical count.
On January 10, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, and?
only thirty-five half-gallon cans, of said product having been found and seized?
hj the marshal, judgment of condemnation, and forfeiture was entered, and it?
waf ordered by the court that the packages should be properly branded, de??
noting* that the contents consisted almost wholly of cottonseed oil instead of?
olive oil, and should be sold at public auction by tbe United States marshal.
0. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.