22753. Misbranding of salad oil.     U. S. v. 209 Cans of Salad  Oil.     Consent
dcree   of  condemnation  and  forfeiture.     Product  released  nnder 
bond.     (F. & D. no. 32531.    Sample no. 69701-A.)
This case involved a product consisting largely of domestic cottonseed oil 
which was labeled to convey the impression that it was olive oil.
On or about April 12, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of 
Connecticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 299 cans of salad oil 
at New Haven, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about February 24,1934, by V. Buonocore, Inc., from New York, 
N. Y., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It larvas alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ments, " Olio Finissimo" and " Fine Oil", and the designs of leaves and 
branches suggestive of olive branches, appearing on the can label, were mis- 
leading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since they created 
the impression that the article was olive oil, whereas it consisted largely of 
domestic cottonseed oil, and this impression was not corrected by the very in- 
conspicuous statement appearing on the label, " Superlative quality eighty per 
cent of vegetable oil   *    *    *    Combined with twenty per cent pure olive oil."
On June 11, 1934, V. Buonocore, Inc., claimant, having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be released to the claimant upon payment of costs and the execu- 
tion of a bond in the sum of $400, conditioned that it be emptied into drums 
and properly labeled.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.