24723. Misbranding of salad oil.    U. S. v. 31 Cans and 124 Cans of Salad Oil.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under bond to be 
relabeled.     (F. & D. nos. 34242, 34243.    Sample nos. 17092-B, 17098-B.)
These cases involved a product consisting of a mixture of oils, mainly cotton- 
seed oil with some olive oil, which was labeled to convey the impression that it 
was Italian olive oil.
On November 2, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 155 cans of salad oil in part 
at North Bergen, N. J., and in part at Elizabeth, N. J., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce between the dates of September 26 
and October 22, 1934, by the Valentino Salad Oil Co., from Brooklyn, N. Y., 
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Olio yucca Brand * * * Packed By Valentino 
Salad Oil Co.   Brooklyn, N. Y."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements 
on the label, "Olio Marca yucca Olio puro Bolivia quindici per cento, con la 
migliore quality colic vegetable ottanta cinque per cento con aroma e colore 
* * * Olio Marca yucca Garantito sotto ogni analisi chimica. Confe- 
zionato col process ping igienico", were misleading and tended to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser, since they implied that the article was Italian olive 
oil; whereas it was not.
On May 24, 1935, the Valentino Salad Oil Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be released 
under bond conditioned that it be relabeled.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.