19044. Adulteration and misbranding of table and cooking oil.   U. S. v. 36 Cans-
*    *    *.    (F.D.C. No! 33127.   Sample No. 33219-L.) •
LIBEL FILED :   May 9, 1952, Eastern District of Michigan.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about March 12, 1951, by the V. Formosa Co., from 
Chicago, Ill.
PRODUCT:    36   1-gallon cans of table and cooking oil at Detroit, Mich.
LABEL IN PART : "One Gallon Marconi Brand Contains 75% Cottonseed Oil 
20% Olive Oil   5% Peanut Oil."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
olive oil, had been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted from the product; 
and, Section 402 (b) (2), a mixture of corn oil and peanut oil with little or 
no olive oil had been substituted for a blend of 75% cottonseed oil, 20% olive 
oil, and 5% peanut oil.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Contains 75% Cotton- 
seed Oil 20% Olive Oil" was false and misleading since the product contained 
no cottonseed oil and little, if any, olive oil.
DISPOSITION: July 8, 1952. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to a Federal institution.