85.J8.   Adulteration and misbranding of alleged olive oil.   IT. S.   *   *   *   v. 5 Cases of Imi??
tation Olive Oil.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.   (F.
<fc D. No. 10070.    I. S. No. 5529-r.   S. No. ?-1102.)
On April 21, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 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 5 cases of imitation?
olive oil, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Duluth, Minn., alleging?
lhat the article liad been shipped by Meyer & Lange, New York, N. Y., oil or about?
July 1, 1918, from the State of New York into the State of Minnesota, and charging?
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance for the reason that cottonseed?
and peanut oils had been substituted wholly for olive oil.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the label and brand,?
" [."mberto Albertini," together with certain designs and devices representing medal??
lions and the monogram "U. A.," were misleading, and deceived and misled the?
purchaser into believing that the article was an Italian olive oil, whereas, in fact,?
it was a mixture of cottonseed and peanut oils.
On July 10, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.