1664. Adulteration  and misbranding of olive oil.     U. S. v. 22 Cans of Oil.     De¬
fault decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 2829.    Sample 
No. 36217-E.)
This product was essentially cottonseed oil and contained little or no olive 
oil, and was artificially flavored and colored to simulate olive oil.
On September 16, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Maine 
filed a libel against 22 cans of oil at Biddeford, Maine, alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 25, 1940, by the Cara 
Donna Packing Co. from Boston, Mass.; and charging that it was adulterated 
and misbranded. It was labeled in part: (Main panels) "Fine Table Oil Com- 
posed of 80% Domestic Vegetable Oil 20% Imported Olive Oil Di Lusso Brand."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a substance, namely, cotton- 
seed oil containing little or no olive oil and artificially flavored and colored 
to simulate olive oil, had been substituted wholly or in part for the article.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that it was an imitation of another food, 
and its label did not bear, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word 
"imitation" and immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated; in that 
the label contained representations in Italian and the information required by 
or under authority of the law to appear on the label did not appear thereon in 
Italian; in that it was fabricated from two or more ingredients, and its label 
did not bear the common or usual name of each ingredient; and in that it con-
tained artificial flavoring and artificial coloring and did not bear labeling stating 
that fact.
On October 14, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.