7648. Adulteration and misbranding of olive oil. V. S. * * * v. 29 Cases 
of Alleged Olive Oil. Consent decree of condemnation and for- 
feiture. Product ordered released under bond. (F. & D. No. 9945. 
I. S. Nos. 6731-r, 8816-r.    S. No. C-1122.)
On March 25, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, 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 29 cases of alleged olive oil, consigned by B. G. Makris, 
New York, N. Y., remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had heen shipped on September 17, 1918, 
and transported from the State of New York into the State of Illinois, 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 
(picture of olive tree and natives gathering and packing olives) Tipo Termini 
Imerese Sicilia Italia One Gallon Net Guaranteed Absolutely Pure."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that cotton- 
seed oil had been mixed and packed with the article 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 in substance for the reason that the 
statements borne on the cans, to wit, " Finest Quality Table Oil (picture of 
Qlive tree and natives gathering and packing olives)," "Tipo Termini Imerese 
Sicilia Italia," " One Gallon Net," and " Guaranteed Absolutely Pure," were 
false and misleading in that they represented that the article consisted of 
genuine olive oil, whereas, in truth and in fact, said article consisted in part 
of cottonseed oil. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
statements above quoted, together with the designs and devices appearing 
upon the labels, conveyed the impression that said article was a foreign 
product, whereas said article was a product of domestic manufacture. Mis- 
branding was alleged for the further reason that the article was an imitation 
of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, 
to wit, genuine olive oil. Misbranding of the article was alleged for the further 
reason that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents of 
each of the said cans was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside 
of the package in terms of weight or measure.
On July 3, 1919, Paul Lopresti, Chicago, Ill., claimant, having consented to a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be delivered to said claimant upon the 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the 
product should be labeled under the supervision of a representative of this 
department.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.