7129.  Adulteration   and   Misbranding of   olive   oil.    U.   S.    *    *    *   y.   Mario
Canipolieti.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25.     (P. & D. No. 0751.    I. S. No. 
18428-r.)
On April 29, 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 Oourt 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 June 19, 1918, from the 
State of New York into the State of Florida, 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 show-eel the Halphen test for cottonseed oil to be strongly positive, 
and the net volume of the cans to be 0.898 gallon.
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, 
Tipo Termini Imerese Italy, Sicilia-Italia, 1 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 1 
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 1 gallon 
net of the article, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not pure, olive oil, but 
was a mixture composed in part of cottonseed oil, and was not a foreign 
product, to wit, an olive oil produced in Sicily, in the kingdom of Italy, but 
was a domestic product, to wit, a- product produced in the United States of 
America, and each of said cans did not contain 1 gallon net of the article, but 
did contain a less amount, and for the further reason that it was falsely 
branded as to the country in which it was manufactured and produced, in that 
it was a product manufactured and produced, in whole or in part, in the . 
United States of America, and was branded as manufactured and produced in 
the kingdom of Italy; and for the further reason that it was a mixture composed 
-in large part of cottonseed oil prepared in imitation of olive oil, and was sold 
under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, olive oil, and for the 
further reason that the statements on the can purported,that the article was a 
-foreign product, 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 of the 
package.
On May 7, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
E. D. BALL. 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.