28129. Adulteration  and misbranding of  olive   oil.     V.   S.  v.  Kakarakis  Bros.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $75.     (F.  & D.  No.  39757.    Sample Nos.  25574-C, 
33523-C, 33524-C, 33525-C.)
This product consisted in part of corn oil or cottonseed oil.
On September 17, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Kakarakis Bros., a corporation, Chicago, 
111., alleging shipment by the defendant on or about August 7 and 28, 1936, and 
January 15, 1937, from the State of Illinois into the State of Indiana of quan- 
tities of alleged olive oil that was adulterated and misbranded in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Electra Brand 
Extra Superfine Pure Olive Oil * * * Imported and packed by Kakarakis 
Bros. Chicago, Ill."; or "Riviera Brand Pure Olive Oil * * * Kakarakis 
Bros., Inc. Chicago."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that cottonseed oil in the case 
of two lots, and corn oil in the case of the two other lots, had been mixed and 
packed with it so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and 
strength and had been substituted in part for pure olive oil, which it purported 
to be.
Misbranding was alleged in that statements borne on the labels, (Electra- 
brand) "Extra Superfine Pure Olive Oil" and "Warranted Absolutely Pure 
Olive Oil Under Chemical Analysis," and (Riviera brand) "Pure Olive Oil," 
were false and misleading since the article was not pure olive oil but was a 
product containing corn oil in the case of two lots, and cottonseed oil in the 
case of the two other lots; in that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser; and in that it was an imitation of olive oil 
which had been offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, 
olive oil.
On October 27, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and it was sentenced to pay a fine of $75.
HAEEY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.