80573. Adulteration and misbranding of olive oil. IT. S. v. Caruso, Inc., and 
Dominick Antonelli. Pleas of guilty. Corporation fine of $50 sus- 
pended; $25 of individual $50 fine suspended. (F. & D. No. 40818. 
Sample No. 42318-C.)
This product was represented to be pure imported olive oil, but consisted chiefly 
of corn or other edible oils, with only a small amount of olive oil present.
On May 23, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the police court
an information against Caruso, Inc., trading at Washington, D. C, and Domi- 
nick Antonelli, secretary-treasurer of said corporation, alleging sale in the 
District of Columbia by said defendants in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act on or about June 18, 1937, of quantities of so-called olive oil which was 
adulterated and misbranded.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that an edible oil other than 
olive oil had been added to and mixed and packed with the article so as to 
reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength;and in that such 
other edible oil had been substituted in part for olive oil, which the article 
purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged in that the article was offered for sale under the 
distinctive name of, and was guaranteed to be, pure olive oil; whereas it was 
not pure olive oil but consisted chiefly of other edible oil. Misbranding was 
alleged further in that the following statements and designs appearing on the 
label were false and misleading and were borne on the label so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser since they represented that the article was pure olive oil 
produced in, and imported from, a foreign country, Italy; whereas it was not as 
represented but consisted in part of other edible oil: "Olio Di Oliva "Vergine 
[design of olive branch and olives] Lucca * * * Prodotto Italiano Olio 
d Oliva"; "This Olive Oil is Guaranteed Pure Olio d Oliva"; "Questo Olio E 
Guarantito ii Puro Oliva Olio d Oliva [design of olive tree]"; "Imported 
from Italy."
On October 7, 1938, pleas of guilty having been entered on behalf of both 
defendants, the court imposed-fines of $50 against the corporation and $50 
against Antonelli. All fines were suspended and personal recognizance taken, 
except as to $25 of the fine against Antonelli.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.