7757. Misbranding- of olive oil. U. S. * * * v. Harry Arony and Cfeorgre 
Papit&as (Arony &. Papitsas), Pleas of guilty. Fine, $70. (F. & D. 
No. 11636.    I. S. No. 13593-r.)
On March 30, 1920, 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 
Harry Arony and George Papitsas, trading" as Arony & Papitsas, New York, 
N. Y., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, as amended, from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, 
of a quantity of olive oil which was misbranded. The article was labeled in 
part, " One Quart General Diaz Pure Olive Oil Guaranteed Superfine " (design) 
" Lucca Italy Packed by Arony & Papitsas."
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the average contents of 2 cans to be 0.938 quart, or an 
average shortage of 6.2 per cent,
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement, to wit, " One Quart," borne on the cans containing the 
article, regarding it, was false and misleading in that it represented that each 
of said cans contained 1 quart 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 each of the said cans contained 1 quart of the article, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, each of the cans did not contain 1 quart of the article, but con- 
tained a less amount. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
article was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not 
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On March 31, 1920, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $35 on each defendant, or an aggregate fine 
of $70.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.