11212.?Misbranding of olive oil.    V. S. v. Lawrence Greeo (Greco Importing
Co.).     Plea   of   gnilty.     Fine,   $25.     (F.   &   D.   No.   13094.    I.   S.   No.?
11813-r.)
On November 30, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
Lawrence Greco, trading as Greco Importing Co., Chicago, III., alleging ship??
ment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended,?
on or about December 27, 1919, from the State of Illinois into the State of?
Wisconsin, of a consignment of olive oil which was misbranded. The article?
was labeled in part: "Termini Imerese Finest Quality Olive Oil Contents ??
Gallon."
Examination of 16 cans of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that the average volume was 0.44 gallon.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that the statement, to wit, " Contents i Gallon," borne on the cans containing?
the article, regarding the said article, was false and misleading in that it
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represented that each of the said cans contained one-half gallon 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 said cans contained?
one-half gallon of the said article, whereas, in truth and in fact, each of said?
cans did not contain one-half gallon of the article, but did contain 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 January 9, 1923, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.