28660. Adulteration and misbranding of oil. U. S. v. 676 Gallons of Oil. Consent 
decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for reuackins and 
relabeling.    (F. & D. No. 37531.    Sample No. 61568-B.)
This product was represented to consist of cottonseed oil and olive oil; whereas 
it consisted chiefly of vegetable oils other than said oils and was artificially 
colored.
On April 6, 1936, 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 676 gallons of oil at New Haven, 
Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about March 11, 1936, by Vincent Buonocore from New York, N. Y., and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The 
article was labeled: "Fine Oil Boncore Brand."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that vegetable oils other than olive oil 
or cottonseed oil had been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower 
its quality or strength, and had been substituted in whole or in part for the 
article.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements appearing 
on the label were false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the 
purchaser when applied to a product consisting chiefly of vegetable oils other 
than olive or cottonseed oil: (Main panels) "Eighty per cent cottonseed oil and 
twenty per cent olive oil" ; (side panels) "* * * composed of eighty per cent 
cottonseed oil and twenty per cent olive oil." It was alleged to be misbranded 
further in that it was an imitation of olive oil, artificially colored and flavored, 
and was not so labeled.
On April 19, 1938, Vincent Buonocore, Inc., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation was entered, and the product was ordered released under bond 
conditioned that it be repacked and properly labeled.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.