11699. Adulteration of salad oil.    U. S. v. 1 Drum    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 20785.
Sample No. 65551-H.)
showed that the article was artificially colored and flavored mineral oil. The 
product had been represented by the shipper to be salad oil for food use, and it 
was being used for frying purposes. It had the appearance, odor, and consist- 
ency of salad oil.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), nonnutritive mineral oil 
had been substituted in whole or in part for salad oil, which the article was 
represented to be; and, Section 402 (b) (4), artificial flavoring and artificial 
coloring had been added to, and mixed and packed with, nonnutritive mineral 
oil so as to make the article appear better and of greater value than it was.
DISPOSITION: October 11, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.