7303. Adulteration and Misbranding of table oil. U. S. * * * v. 47 Cans of Table Oil. 
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and sale. (F. & D. No. 9946. I. S. No. 
15313-r.   S. No. E-1273.)
On March 25, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 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 47 cans of table oil, 
consigned on March 8, 1919, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by Gamanos & Booskos, 
New York, N. Y., and transported from the/State of New York into the State of Mary- 
land, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, as amended.    The article was labeled in part, "Finest Quality Table Oil."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that substances, 
to wit, corn and cottonseed oils, had been substituted wholly or 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 label,' together with the pictorial designs and devices, were false and misleading 
and deceived and misled the purchaser in that they conveyed the impression that 
the product was olive oil, when it was not; for the further reason that it purported 
to be a foreign product, when not so; for the further reason that it was an imita- 
tion of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article; and for 
the further reason that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents 
was not declared.
On May 1, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con- 
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
should be relabeled and sold at public auction by the United States marshal.
E. I). BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.