7124.  Adulteration   and   misbranding1   of   olive   oil.     U.   S.    *    *    *    v.   Mario
Campolieti.    Plea of snilty.    Fine, $200.     (P. & D. No. 0746.     I. S. No. 
13661-r.)
On May 12, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
Mario Campolieti, New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said defendant, in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on May 7, 1918, from the 
State of New York into the State of Connecticut, of a quantity of an article," 
labeled in part "Finest Quality Olive Oil Extra Pure," which was adulterated 
and misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the Halphen test for cottonseed oil to be positive and the net 
volume of the cans to be 1 pint, 12 fluid ounces.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
a substance, to wit, cottonseed oil, had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to lower and reduce and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had 
been substituted in large part for olive oil, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statements, 
to wit, " Finest Quality Olive Oil Extra Pure, Guaranteed Absolutely Pure, 
Termini Imerese Sicilia-Italia, I Gallon Net," borne on the cans containing the 
article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, were 
false and misleading in that they represented that the article was pure olive 
oil, that it was a foreign product, to wit, an olive oil produced in Sicily, in 
the kingdom of Italy, and that each of said cans contained I gallon 
net of the article, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid 
so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was pure 
olive oil, that it was a foreign product, to wit, an olive oil produced in Sicily, 
in the kingdom of Italy, and that each of said cans contained I gallon net of
the article, whereas,, in truth' and in fact,, it was not pur? olive oil, but was a
mixture composed in part of cottonseed ?il, and was. mot a foreign product,
te< wit, an ?live oil produced in Sicily, in the kingdom of Italy,, tout was a
elomestie product, to wit,, a product produced hi the. United States ?fi Anieriiea,
and each of said cans did not contain, i gallon net ?f the article bat: contained
a less amount; and for the further reason that it was- falsely branded as: to
the country in which it, was manufactured and prodnced isn that: it: was a
product manufactured or produced in whole or la part in. the United: States ?f
America and was branded as manufactured and produced, in: the kingdom of
Italy ;= and for the- further reason that it was: a. mixture' composed ins large
part- of cottonseed ml prepared in imitation of olive oil and was sold under the
distinctive name of anotlier artiicle,, to wit, olive oil;, and for tlae further reason
that the statements on the cans purported that, the article was a, foreign-prodluct,
when not so-.    Misbranding of the article was alleged for the further reason
that it was food in package form, and: the: quantity of the contents was not
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside ?f the package.
On May 21, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of, guilty to the information
and the court imposed a fine of $200..
E. D-. BALL, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture..