16741. Adulteration and misbranding of oil.   U. S. v. Albert Alonge and Michael
Alonge  (Campagnola Packing Co.), and Loumen Drug Co.   Pleas of 
guilty.   Albert Alonge and Michael Alonge sentenced to 1 year in 
jail; sentence suspended and individual defendants placed on proba- 
tion.   Loumen Drug Co. fined $1,000.    (F. D. C. No. 26787.   Sample 
No. 9892-K.) 
Albert Alonge and Michael Alonge, partners in the Campagnola Packing Co., 
and against the Loumen Drug Co., a corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y.
VIOLATION CHARGED : On or about February 6,1948, the defendants shipped and 
caused to be shipped from the State of New York into the State of New Jersey, 
a quantity of edible oil. In addition, the Loumen Drug Co. was charged with 
having delivered between the approximate dates of July 1947 and February 6, 
1948, to the Campagnola Packing Co., a substance known as "squalene" for 
the purpose of aiding, abetting, counseling, inducing, and procuring the inter- 
state shipment of the adulterated and misbranded oil.
LABEL IN PART: "Campagnola 80% Choicest Quality Peanut Oil 20% Pure 
Imported Olive Oil Distributed By Campagnola Packing Co. New York, 
N. Y."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Count 1. Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), olive oil, a 
valuable constituent, had been in whole or in part omitted from the product; 
and, Section 402 (b) (4), artificial flavor and squalene had been added to the 
product and mixed and packed with it so as to make it appear to be better and 
of greater value, namely, an article containing more olive oil than was actually 
present.
Count 2. Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements "80% Choicest 
Quality Peanut Oil" and "20% Pure Imported Olive Oil" were false and mis- 
leading since the product did not contain 20 percent of pure imported olive oil; 
and, Section 403 (k), the product contained an artificial flavoring and did not 
bear labeling stating that fact.
DISPOSITION : May 22, 1949. Pleas of guilty having been entered by Albert 
Alonge and Michael Alonge to counts 1 and 2, the court sentenced each de- 
fendant to 1 year in jail on each count, with the sentences to run concurrently; 
however, the sentences were suspended, and the defendants were placed on 
probation. A plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the Loumen 
Drug Co. to count 1, the court fined the corporate defendant $1,000.