755)0. Adultei'ation and misbranding: of olive oil. XJ. S. * * * v. 
Giuseppe Crisafulli and Stefano Crisafulli (CrisafuUi Bros.). Pleas 
of guilty.     Fine, $100.     (F. & D. No. 9793.    I. S. No.  13725-r.)
On October 27, 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 
Giuseppe Crisafulli and Stefano Crisafulli, copartners, trading as Crisafulli 
'Bros., New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said defendants, on June 26, or 
August 7, 1918, from the Slate of New York into the State of Connecticut, of a 
quantity of an article labeled in part, " Finest Quality Table Oil La Migliore 
Brand Corn Salad Oil compounded with Extra Fine Olive Oil."
Analysis of a sample of the article made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that the product consisted almost entirely of corn oil, and 
that the 1-gallon cans were short volume.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a substance, to wit, corn oil, had been mixed and packed therewith so 
as to lower and reduce and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and 
liad been substituted in large part for olive oil, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article in the l-gallon cans w.as alleged for the reason 
that the statements, to wit, " Finest Quality Table Oil," " Extra Fine Olive 
Oil," " Net Contents One Gallon," together with the'design and device of olive 
branches bearing olives, not corrected by the statement in inconspicuous type, 
" Coi*n salad oil compound with * * *," 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 olive oil, 
?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 olive oil, and that each of said cans 
contained 1 gallon net of the article, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not 
olive oil, but was a mixture composed in large part of corn oil, and each of 
said cans did not contain 1 gallon net of the article, but contained a less amount. 
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.
Misbranding of the article in the ^-gallon cans was alleged for the reason 
that the statements, to wit, " Finest Quality Table Oil," " Extra Fine Olive 
Oil," together with the design and device of olive branches bearing olives, not 
corrected by the statement in inconspicuous type, " Corn salad oil compound 
with * * V 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 olive oil, 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 olive oil, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but 
was a mixture composed in large part of corn oil. _
On November 26, 1919, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the in- 
formation, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.