6790. Adulteration and misbranding- of olive oil. IT. S. * * * v. 24?
Gallons of Olive Oil (so called). Default decree of condemnation,?
forfeiture, a'?d sale or destruction. (F. & D. No. 9204. I. S. No.?
1370S-1-.     S.  Net   E-1089.)
On August 16, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Connecti??
cut, 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 gallons of olive oil, so called, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at New Haven, Conn., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about June 22, 1918, by Lyriotakis Bros., 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.?
as amended. The article was labeled in part, " Qualita Superiore Olio?
Tripolitania Pui'o."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that cot??
tonseed oil had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower?
and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in?
whole or in part for the product purporting to be olive oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance for the reason that the?
statements borne on the labels of the cans were false and misleading, that is?
to say said labels bore certain designs and statements intended to be of?
such a character as to induce the purchaser to believe that the product was?
Italian olive oil, when, in truth and in fact, it was not; and for the further rea??
son that it purported to be of foreign origin, when, in truth and fact, it was of?
domestic origin; and for the further reason that the label on the cans bore?
the Avords, " One Gallon Net," whereas there was a shortage in each purported?
gallon.
On September 13, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be sold by the United States marshal, or?
destroyed if he was unable to effect a speedy sale of the same.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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