7230. Misbranding of oiive oil.   U. S.   *   *   *   v. 44 Cans of Olive Oil.   Default decree of con 
demnation, forfeiture, and sale.   (F. & D. No. 10005.   I. S. No. 2577-r.   S. No. W-296.).
On April 8, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 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 44 cans of olive oil, 
consigned by Deligiannis Bros., Chicago, Ill., remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about March 18, 1919, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of 
Colorado, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended. The article was labeled in part, "Pure Olive Oil Universal Brand 
Deligiannis Bros., Chicago, U. S. A.   Contents 2 Quarts."
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was food in package form, 
and the quantity of the contents was not plainly, conspicuously, and correctly marked 
on the outside of the package in terms of weight or measure, and for the further reason 
that the label bore the mark "2 Quarts," whereas the contents of each can was about 
8 per cent less than 2 quarts.
On May 26, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product should be 
labeled to show the correct and actual measure of the contents thereof and sold either 
at public or private sale by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.