1667. Adulteration and misbranding of olive oil. IT. S. v. 19 Cans of Olive Oil. 
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (P. D. C. No. 3587, 
Sample No. 36967-E.)
This product was represented to be imported olive oil, but consisted essentially 
of artificially flavored and artificially colored cottonseed oil containing little 
or no olive oil.
On December 23, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts filed a libel against 19 cans of olive oil at Quincy, Mass., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by Guy Fillippeli from 
New Rochelle, N. Y., on or about November 15, 1940; and charging that it 
was adulterated and misbranded. It was labeled in part: "Tivoli Brand Pure 
Imported Olive Oil."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product consisting essen- 
tially of artificially flavored and artificially colored cottonseed oil containing 
little or no olive oil had been substituted wholly or in part for olive oil, which 
it purported to be. It was alleged to be adulterated further in that inferiority 
had been concealed by the addition of artificial flavor and artificial color, and in 
that artificial flavor and artificial color had been added thereto or mixed or 
packed therewith so as to make it appear better or of greater value than it 
was.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the picture of olive trees and workers 
gathering olives and the following statements in the labeling were false and 
misleading as applied to an article consisting essentially of artificially flavored 
and artificially colored cottonseed oil containing little or no olive oil: "Pure 
Imported Olive Oil"; and "Tivoli Brand olive oil is guaranteed to be one of the 
finest olive oils. The olive oil contained in this can is pressed from fresh 
picked ripe and selected olives. It is an absolutely pure product, highly recom- 
mended for table use and medical purposes * * * [similar statements in 
Italian]."
It was alleged to be misbranded further in that it was an imitation of 
another food and its label failed to bear, in type of uniform size and prominence,
the word "imitation" and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imi- 
tated ; and in that it contained artificial flavoring and artificial coloring and 
did not bear labeling stating that fact.
On February 10, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.