6499. Adalteration and misbranding of olive oil (so-called). IT. S. * * *?
v. 10 Cases of Olive Oil (so-called). Consent decre? of condemna??
tion and forfeiture.    Product ordered released  on bond.     (P. & D,
No. 8832.    I. S. No. 1361-p.    S. No. E-990.)
On March 12, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut,?
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 condemnation?
of 10 cases of olive oil (so-called), remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Hartford, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped, on or?
about November 12, 1917, by Garra & Trusso, New York, N. Y., and transported?
from the State of New York into the State of Connecticut, and charging?
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that cotton??
seed oil had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and?
injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part?
for olive oil, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statements?
borne on the labels of the cans were false and misleading, that is to say, the?
words, to wit, " Olive Oil," were intended to be of such a character as to?
induce the purchaser to believe that the product was olive oil, when, in truth?
and in fact, it was not; and for the further reason that it purported to be a?
foreign product, when, in truth and in fact, it was a product of domestic manu??
facture and packed in the United States; and for the further reason that it?
was an imitation of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of,?
another article, to wit, olive oil.
On May 3, 1918, the said Garra & Trusso, New York, N. Y., claimants, having?
consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,?
and it was ordered by the court that the product should be released to said?
claimants upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution?
of a bond in the sum of $275, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
J. It, RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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