5868. Adulteration and misbranding of olive oil. U. S. * * * v. 24 Cans 
of Olive Oil. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 7878.    I. S. No. 3330-m.    S. No. E-757.)
On November 27, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 24 cans of olive oil, remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by' 
the Italian Importing Co., Elizabeth, N. J., and transported from the State of 
New Jersey into the State of Maryland, the shipment having been received 
on or about August 12, 1916, and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " First 
pressing Cream Olive Oil Vergine This olive oil is guaranteed to be absolutely 
pure and is made from the finest selected olives grown on the Italian 
Riviera. * * * " and " One Quart Bull Measure Guaranteed " (in the case of 
the quart-size cans).
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason 
that it consisted of about 75 per cent cottonseed oil, which had been 
mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce and lower and injuriously 
affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part for said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was labeled and 
branded so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser; for the further reason 
that the label contained statements which were false and misleading; for the 
further reason that the article was an imitation of and offered for sale under the 
distinctive name of another article, to wit, pure olive oil; and for the further 
reason that examination showed a shortage of 11 per cent from the marked 
quantity.
On January 22, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.