7418. Adulteration and Misbranding of olive oil. TJ. S. * * * v. 2 Cases 
of Olive Oil (So Called). Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and sale.     (F. & D. No. 10233.    I. S. No. 13580-r.    S. No. E-1385.) '
On May 8, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District" 
Court of the JJnited States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 2 cases of olive oil, so called, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at New Haven, Conn., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about April 19, 1919, by A. Dimino, New York, N. Y., and trans- 
ported from the State of New lTork into the State of Connecticut, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended. The article was labeled in part, " Finest Quality Table Oil *' * * 
slightly flavored withOlive Oil    *    *    *    Net Contents One Gallon." '
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that cotton- 
seed oil had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and in- 
juriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted almost 
wholly for olive oil, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the labels on the 
cans bore statements regarding the article which were false and misleading, 
that is to say, the statement, to wit, " Finest Quality Table Oil cottonseed oil 
slightly flavored with Olive Oil," was intended to be of such a character as 
to induce the purchaser to believe that the product was olive oil, when, in 
fact, it was not, and for the further reason that it purported to be a foreign 
product, when, in truth and in fact, it was a product of domestic manufacture 
packed in the United States, for the further reason that it was an imitation 
of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, 
to wit, olive oil, and for the further reason that the label bore the words 
" Net Contents. One Gallon," whereas there was a shortage of 7 per cent in 
each purported gallon. 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 in 
terms of weight, measure, or numerical count.
On June 24, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it Avas ordered by the court 
that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
E. D.  BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.