19283. Adulteration and misbranding of table and cooking oil.    U. S. v. 58
Cans * * *.   (F. D. C. No. 33156.   Sample No. 33228-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 3,1952, Eastern District of ^Michigan.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about March 12 and June 28, 1951, by the V. For- 
mosa Co., from Chicago, Ill.
PRODUCT:   58   1-gallon cans of table and cooking oil at Detroit, Mich.
LABEL IN PART: "One Gallon Marconi Brand * * * 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 percent cottonseed oil, 20 per- 
cent olive oil, and 5 percent peanut oil.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "75% Cottonseed 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 or- 
dered that the product be delivered to a Federal institution.