19838. Adulteration and misbranding of table and cooking oil, Misbranding of
olive oil, and Adulteration of macaroni and spaghetti.   U. S. v. Chicago 
Macaroni Co. and Steve Matalone and Joseph S. Matalone.   Pleas of 
nolo contendere.   Fine of $3,000, plus costs, against defendants jointly. 
(F. D. C. No. 32794.    Sample Nos. 14772-L, 14773-L, 15133-L, 15366-L, 
15724-L, 16197-L, 19200-L, 32340-L, 35503-L, 48213-L, 48214-L.) 
INFORMATION FILED:   July 24, 1952, Northern District of Illinois, against the 
Chicago Macaroni Co., a corporation, Chicago. Ill., and Steve Matalone, presi- 
dent, and Joseph S. Matalone, secretary, of the corporation.
December 6, 1951, from the State of Illinois into the States of Missouri, Ne- 
braska, and Minnesota.
LABEL IN PART: "'Extra Cyrilla * * * Virgin Imported Pure Olive Oil," 
"Italy Brand Table Oil Blend An Excellent Composition of Eighty Per Cent 
of Corn Oil and Twenty Per Cent of Imported Olive Oil," •"Cyrilla Macaroni," 
and "Spaghettini    *    *    *    Cyrilla."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Table and cooking oil. Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), 
a valuable constituent, olive oil, had been in whole or in part omitted from the 
article; and, Section 402 (b) (2), a product which contained little or no olive 
oil had been substituted for a blend of 80 percent of corn oil and 20 percent of 
olive oil, which the article was represented to be. Misbranding, Section 403 
(a), the label statement '"Twenty Per Cent of Imported Olive Oil" was false 
and misleading as applied to the article, which contained little or no olive oil; 
and, Section 403 (e) (2), a portion of the article failed to bear a label con- 
taining an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents since the label 
statement "1 Gallon" was inaccurate (this portion of the article was short in 
volume).
Olive oil. Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), the article failed to bear a 
label containing an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents since 
the label statement '"1 Gallon" was inaccurate (the article was short in 
volume).
Macaroni and spaghetti. Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3) the articles 
consisted in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insects, in- 
sect fragments, and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the ar- 
ticles had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have 
become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : October 30, 1952. The defendants having entered pleas of nolo 
contendere, the court imposed a fine of $3,000, plus costs, against the defend- 
ants jointly.