2512. Adulteration and misbranding of oil.    IT. S. v. 14 Cans of Olive Oil.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation.    Product ordered distributed to charitable
institutions.    (F. D. C. No. 3723.    Sample No. 34719-B.)
Analysis showed that this product was artificially flavored cottonseed oil, con- 
taining little or no olive oil.
On or about January 29, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of 
Connecticut filed a libel against 14 cans of olive oil at New Haven, Conn., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped, in interstate commerce on or about August 
16, 1940, by E. J. McMahon from Brooklyn, N. Y.; and charging that it was 
adulterated and misbranded. The product was labeled in part: "Extra Fine 
Cyclo Celeste Brand."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that artificially flavored cotton-: 
seed oil, containing little or no olive oil, had been substituted wholly or in part 
for "High Grade Cottonseed Oil & Pure Imported Olive Oil," which it purported 
to be; in that inferiority had been concealed by the addition of artificial flavor; 
and inthat artificial flavor 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  (1)  in that the statement "Composed of
High Grade Cottonseed Oil .& Pure Imported Olive Oil" was false and misleading,
' as applied to artificially, flavored cottonseed oil, containing little or no. olive oil;¦
(2) 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 imitated; (3) in that the label contained rep- 
resentations in a foreign language (Italian) and the information required by 
the act to appear on the label did not appear thereon in the foreign language; 
and (4) in that it contained artificial flavoring and did not bear labeling stating 
that fact- 
ory April 7, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered distributed to charitable institutions.