15785.?Misbranding-  of  oil.     U.   S.  v.  14  1-Gallon  Cans  of  Oil.     Default  de?
cree   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.
22099.    I. S. No. 21087-x.    S. No. 144.)
On October 18, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Con??
necticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying1 seizure and?
condemnation of 14 1-gallon cans of oil, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Bridgeport, Conn., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the J. Qrandinetti Co., Inc., Williamsport, Penn., on or about?
August 4, 1927, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania' into the State?
of Connecticut, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs?
act as amended. The article was labeled in part: "Termini Amorsi Brand?
Winter-pressed Cottonseed Oil 1 Gallon * * * M'f'r'd. by J. G. & Co.,?
Wmsport, Pa."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was, misbranded in that the?
statement, " 1 Gallon," was false and misleading and deceived and misled?
purchasers. 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 November 14, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.