13742. Misbranding of olive oil.    U. S. v. Tamer K. Malouf (T. K. Malouf ?fc
Co.).     Plea   of  arnilty.     Fine,   $100.     (F.   &   D.   No.   18996.    I.   S.   Nos. 
15390-v, 15392-v, 15393-V.)
On June 16, 1925, 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 
Tamer K. Malouf, trading as T. K. Malouf & Co., New York, N. Y., alleging 
shipment by said defendant, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, 
in various consignments, namely, on or about July 30 and December 12, 1923, 
and January 22, 1924, respectively, from the State of New York into the State 
of Massachusetts, of quantities of olive oil which was misbranded. The article- 
was labeled in part, variously:" Net Contents 1 Gallon," "Net Contents One 
Quart," or " Net Contents One Gallon."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statements " Net Contents 1 Gallon," " Net Contents One Quart," and 
"Net Contents One Gallon," borne on the respective sized cans containing the 
said article, were false and misleading, in that the said statements represented 
that the cans contained 1 gallon net or 1 quart net of the said article, as th* 
case might be, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so 
as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that the said cans con- 
tained 1 gallon net or 1 quart net of the article, as the case might be, whereas 
the said cans did not contain the amounts declared on the labels but did con- 
tain less amounts. 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 packages.
On June 22, 1925, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $100.
It. \V. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.