19545. Misbranding of salad oil. U. S. v. 11 Cans, et al., of Salad Oil. De¬ fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 28223. I. S. Nos. 38660, 38661. S. No. 6054.) This action involved the interstate shipment of two lots of salad oil which consisted principally, if not entirely, of -domestic cottonseed oil. The article was labeled so as to convey the impression that it was a foreign product, and sample cans taken from one lot were found to be short volume. On April 20, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- demnation of 19 cans of salad oil, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Newark, N. J.„ alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 27, 1932, by the Korbro Oil Co. (Inc.), from Brooklyn, N. T., to Newark, N. J., and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. A portion of the article was labeled in part: '• Contents One Gallon Olio Sicilia Brand." The remainder of the said article was labeled in part: " Lucca Brand Extra Fine Quality Salad Oil." Misbranding of the Sicilia brand oil was alleged for the reason that the statements on the label, " Contents 1 gallon'' and " Olio Sicilia," were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser; for the further reason that the article purported to be a foreign product when not so; and for the further reason 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 statement made was not correct. Misbranding of the Lucca brand oil was alleged for the reason that the statement " Lucca Brand " and the design of sprays of olive branches appearing on the label of the product, were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that the article purported to be a foreign product when not so. On May 25, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.