22484. Misbranding of  olive  oil.     U.  S.  v.  Chicago  Macaroni  Co.     Plea  of
guilty.    Fine, ?50.     (F. & D. no. 31489.    Sample no. 40909-A.)
Sample bottles of olive oil taken from the shipment on which this case was 
based were found to contain less than 6 ounces, the labeled volume.
On April 10, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against the Chicago Macaroni Co., a corporation, 
Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on or about May 19, 1933, from the State of Illinois into the State ( 
of Minnesota, of a quantity of olive oil which was misbranded. The article 
was labeled in part: (Bottle) " Pure Imported Olive Oil Contents 6 Oz. Packed 
for Independent Grocers Alliance Distributing Co., Chicago, Illinois."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statement " Contents 6 Oz.", borne on the bottle label, was false and mis- 
leading, and for the further reason that it was labeled so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser, since the bottles contained less than 6 ounces of the 
article. 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 con- 
spicuously marked on the outside of the package, since the statement made 
was incorrect.
On May 17, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.