7246. Adulteration and Misbranding of olive oil. U. S. * * * v. Mario Campolieti and 
Robert Emiiio (Emiiio and Campolieti). Pleao of guilty. Fine, S5. (F. & D. No. 
10044.   I. S. No. 2677-p.)
On July 22, 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 
and Robert Emiiio, copartners, trading as Emiiio & Campolieti, New York, N. Y., 
alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,., as 
amended, on January 39, 1918, from the State of New York into the State of Rhode 
Island, of a quantity of olive oil which was adulterated and misbranded. The article 
was labeled in part, "Finest Quality Olive Oil Extra Pure Termini Imerese Sicilia- 
Italia."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed it to consist principally of cottonseed oil and to be short volume.
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 injririously affect its quality and strength, and had been sub- 
stituted in part for pure ohve oil, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article v/as alleged for the reason that the statements, to wit, 
"Finest Quality Olive Oil Extra Pure," "Guaranteed Absolutely Pure," and "Termini 
Imerese Sicilia-Italia |- 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 f 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 J gallon net 
of the article, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not pure olive oil, but was a mix- 
?ture 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 -J gallon net of the article, but contained a less amount; 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 in whole or in part in the 
United States of America and was branded as manufactured and produced in the 
kingdom of Italy; for the further reason that it was a mixture composed in 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, by the 
statements borne on the label, it purported to be 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 defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information, and 
the court imposed a fine of $5.
E. D. BALL, Acting Sexretary of Agriculture.