20542. Adulteration and misbranding of olive oil.   U. S. v. 11 Cases * * *.
(F. D. C. No. 31210.    Sample No. 23962-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 21,1951, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about January 18, 1951, by Mamma Mia Importing 
Co., Inc., from Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 11 cases, each containing 6 l-galjon cans, of olive oil at Newark, 
N. J. Analysis showed that the product was1 a "mixture of olive oil and peanut 
oil.
LABEL IN PART :    (Can) "Mamma Mia Brand   100% Pure Olive Oil."
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b)  (1), a valuable constituent,
olive oil, had been in part omitted from the article; and, Section 402 (b)  (2),
a mixture of peanut oil and olive oil had been substituted for pure olive oil.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "100% Pure Olive Oil"
was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION : Mamma Mia Importing Co., .Inc., claimant, filed an answer on 
July 27, 1951, denying that the product was adulterated or misbranded. On 
March 20, 1953, written interrogatories were served upon the claimant by the 
Government but were not answered or objected to within the period prescribed. 
The Government thereupon filed a motion for an order striking the claimant's 
pleadings and for a default decree of condemnation. On October 13, 1953, the 
court granted the motion and entered a decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to charitable institutions for their use 
but not for sale.
OLEOMARGARINE