7153.   A Alliteration   and   misbrandingf   of   olive   oil.     II.   S.    *    *    *    v.   Mario 
Campolieti.     Plea  of  guilty.     Fine, ,f5.     (F,  & D. No.  9752.     I.   S.  Nos. 
. 18429-r,  18430-r.)
On July 18, 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 June 15, 1918, from the 
State of New York into the State of Florida, of a quantity of olive oil, in half- 
gallon and gallon cans, which was adulterated and misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed the following results:
Half-gallon 
Gallon
Kans. 
Kans.
Specific gravity at 25?/25? C 
0. 9203 0. 9191
lodin   number 
111. 0 
114. 0
Average net volume of 36 half-gallon cans
(gallon)  
0.45
Average   net   volume   of   10   gallon   cans
(gallon) 

0.92
Halphen test for cottonseed oil on each size: Strongly positive.
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. Adulteration of the article was alleged for the further reason that it was 
sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and 
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the 
test laid down in said Pharmacopoeia, official at the time of investigation of the 
article, in that said Pharmacopoeia provides that olive oil is a fixed oil obtained 
from Oleo Europcea, whereas said article was an oil obtained in.large part from 
cotton seed, and in that said Pharmacopoeia provides that the specific gravity 
of olive oil shall be 0.910 to 0.915 at 25?C, whereas the specific gravity of the 
article was 0.9203' or 0.9191, as the case might be, at 25?C, and in that said 
Pharmacopoeia provides that the iodin number of olive oil shall be not more than 
90, whereas said article showed an iodin number of Ill.0 or 114.0, as the case 
might be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statements, 
to wit, " This Olive Oil is Guaranteed to be Absolutely Pure and is Made from 
the Finest Selected Olives Grown on the Italian Riviera, This Yirgin Oil is 
Highly Recommended for Medicinal and Table Use, Vergine, Questo Olio D'Oliva 
Prodotto Delia Riviera Ligure, E Garantito Purissimo, E Insuperabile Sia Per 
Uso Medicinale Che Per Tavola, First Pressing Cream Olive Oil, Half Gallon 
Full Measure Guaranteed," or " One Gallon Full Measure Guaranteed," borne 
on the cans containing the article, regarding it-and the ingredients and sub- 
stances 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 on the Italian Riviera, that each of said cans contained 
i gallon or 1 full 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 on the Italian Riviera, and that each of said, cans contained i gallon, 
or 1 full 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 on the Italian Riviera, but was 
a domestic product, to wit, a product produced in the United States of America, 
and each of said cans did not contain J gallon or 1 full gallon net of the article, 
but contained a less amount; and for the further reason that it was falsely 
branded as to the country in which it was produced in that it was a product 
produced in whole or in part in the United States of America, and was branded 
as produced on the Italian Riviera; 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 borne on the cans 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 July 30, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $5.
E. D. BAIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.