7026. Adulteration and misbranding of table oil. TJ. S. * * * v. 5 Cases 
of Table Oil. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
sale.     (P. & D. No. 9323.     I. S. No. 14720-r.    S. No. E-1115.)
On September 13, 1918, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel, and on February 18, 
1919, an amended libel, praying the seizure and condemnation of 5 cases of 
table oil, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Scranton, Pa., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about August 24, 1918, by 
Crisafulli Bros., New York, N. Y., and transported from the State of New York 
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that corn 
oil and cottonseed oil had been substituted wholly or in part for olive oil com- 
pounded with corn oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement in 
prominent type, " Finest Quality Table Oil La Migliore Brand Insuperabile," 
and the statement in inconspicuous type, "Corn Salad Oil Compounded with," and 
the statement in more prominent type, " Extra Fine Olive Oil," with the designs 
of an olive tree and an olive branch bearing olives, conveyed the impression that 
the article was olive oil, when, in fact, it was not, but was composed almost 
entirely of cottonseed oil and corn oil; and for the further reason that it was 
labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief 
that it was olive oil, when, in truth and in fact, it was not, but consisted 
almost entirely of cottonseed oil and corn oil. Misbranding of the article was 
alleged for the further reason that the quantity of the contents of each can 
was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in 
terms of weight, measure, or numerical count.
On May 5, 1919, 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 sold by the United States marshal after the obliteration 
of the labels on the containers of said product.
E. D. BALL, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
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