S702. Adulteration and misbrajiding' of, olive oil. V. S. * * * v. John?
D. Ravaisnlas [Ravazula] and JLyssamlros D. Ravaznlas [Ravazula]?
(Ravazulas  [Ravazula]  Bros.).     Plea of guilty.     Fine, f 75.     (F. & D.
No. 9504.    I. S. No. 14812-r.)
On March 5, 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?
John D. Eavazulas [Ravazula] and Lyssandros D. Ravazulas [Ravazula], co??
partners, trading as Ravazulas [Ravazula] Bros., New York, N. Y., alleging?
shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as?
amended, oh or about May 29, 1918, from the State of New York into the State?
of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of an article purporting to be olive oil, which?
was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled, (can) "Net Con??
tents i gallon Prodotti Italiana Olio Di Oliva Pure Olive Oil Sopraffiuo Italia?
Brand Trade Mark Lucca Toscana Italia."
Examination of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed it to consist almost entirely of cottonseed oil and to be short measure.
Adulteration of the article was alleged iii the information for the reason that?
a substance, to wit, cottonseed oil, had been mixed and packed therewith so as?
to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had?
been substituted in part for pure oiive oil, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, designs, and?
devices regarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained?
therein, borne on the label, to wit, " Prodotti Italiani Olio Di Oliva Pure Olive?
Oil Sopraffino Italia Brand Trade Mark Lucca Toscana Italia " and " Net Con??
tents | gallon," were false and misleading in that they purported and rep??
resented the article to be a pure olive oil produced in the kingdom of Italy,?
and the net contents of said packages to be i- gallon, whereas, in truth and in?
fact, the article was not a pure olive oil and was not produced in the kingdom?
of Italy, but was a mixture composed in part of cottonseed oil, and the net-?
contents of said packages were less than | gallon; for the further reason that?
it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the?
belief that it was a pure olive oil produced in the kingdom of Italy, whereas,?
in truth and in fact, it was not a pure olive oil and was not produced in the
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kingdom of Italy, but was a domestic article consisting of a mixture of cotton??
seed and olive oil; for the further reason that it purported by its label to be a?
foreign product, to wit, a product produced in the kingdom of Italy, whereas?
ir was not a foreign product, but was a product produced in the United States?
of America; and for the further reason that the article was food in package?
form, and the quantity of food in said package was less than > gallon, and the?
quantity of food so contained therein was not marked on the outside of said?
packages in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count.
On March 19, 1919, a plea of not guilty to the information was entered on?
behalf of the defendant firm. On November 17, 1920, Hie plea of noi guilty?
vwis withdrawn and a plea of guilty entered, and the court imposed a fine?
of $7,1.
E. D   BVIL, Acting Seaetory of Agiicultiirc.