16725. Adulteration and Misbranding of olive oil. U. S. v. 33 Cans of Olive Oil. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 23916. I. S. No. 010375. S. No. 2133.) On or about August 6, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- trict of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 cans of olive oil, remaining in the original unbroken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped by A. A. Massnouk, Brooklyn, N. Y., on or about July 10, 1929, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Louisiana, and charging adultera- tion and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Superfine Olive Oil Imported Italian Brand Lucca Italia Net. Contents One Gallon First Pressing Cream Olive Oil." It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that cottonseed ?oil had been mixed and packed with and substituted in part for olive oil which the said article purported to be. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, " Superfine Olive ?Oil," " Imported Italian Brand," " Lucca Italia," " First Pressing Cream Olive ?Oil," Net Contents One Gallon," borne on the label, were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser when applied to a product consisting largely of cottonseed oil, and which was short in volume. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, and in that it was food in, package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package, since the quantity stated was not correct- On September 20, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the