10679. Adulteration and misbranding of salad oil. U. S. v. 10 and 5 Cartons 
* * * (and 13 other seizure actions). (F. D. C. Nos. 18326, 18334 to 
18343, incl., 18375, 18376, 18380. Sample Nos. 12066-H to 12074-H, incl., 
12503-H, 12504-H, 12508-H to 12511-H, incl., 32971-H.)
LIBELS FILED:   Between November 8 and 15, 1945, Districts of Maine, New
Hampshire, and Rhode Island. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   Between the approximate dates of September 7 and October
-10, 1945, by the Mercantile Food Products Co., from Boston and Cambridge,
Mass.
PRODUCT: 268 cases, each containing a number of 1-gallon, 1-quart, or 1-pint 
bottles, of Saladola Salad Oil, in various quantities, at Portland and Lewiston, 
Maine, Providence, R. I., and Nashua, N. H.
LABEL IN PART: "Saladola Non-Fattening Salad Oil * * * Especially 
Refined Mineral Oil—Color Added."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), artificially colored non- 
nutritive mineral oil had been substituted in whole or in part for "Salad Oil"; 
and, Section 402 (b) (4), artificial color had been added to mineral oil so as 
to make it appear to be salad oil, which is better and of greater value than the 
article.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statement on the bottle label, "Saladola 
* * * Salad Oil," and the statement on the poster enclosed in each case, 
"Saladola No Points Salad Oil," were false and misleading as applied to 
artificially colored mineral oil, a nonnutritive substance, since salad oil is a 
nutritive oil.
having appeared for any of the lots, judgments of condemnation were entered. 
The Providence lots were ordered destroyed; the Nashua lot was ordered 
delivered to a public institution, for use as a mechanical lubricant; and the 
Lewiston and Portland lots were ordered denatured and sold.
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