7756. Misbranding   of   olive   oil.    TJ.   S.    *    *    *   v.   Lyssandros   D.   Ravazula
and Theodore D. Ravazula (Ravazula Bros.). Pleas of guilty- 
Fine, $10.     (F. & D. No. 12312.    I. S. Nos. 14889-r, 14979-r.)
On April 27, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
Lyssandros D. Ravazula and Theodore D. Ravazula, co-partners, trading under 
the firm name and style of Ravazula Bros., New York, N. Y., alleging ship- 
ment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, 
on March 12, and March 29, 1919, from the State of New York into the States
of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, respectively, of quantities of an article, 
labeled "Prodotti Italian! Olio di Oliva Pure Olive Oil SoprafCino " (design) 
" Italia Brand Lucca Toscana Italia Net Contents I Gall.," which was mis- 
branded.
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed an average shortage in the cans of one of the shipments of 
1.66 fluid ounces, or 5.19 per cent, and in the cans of the other shipment of 
1.77 fluid ounces, or 5.53 per cent.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement, to wit, "Net contents i Gall.," borne on the cans containing 
the article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, 
was false and misleading in that it represented that each of the cans contained 
i gallon net of the article, and for the further reason that it was labeled as 
aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that each 
of said cans contained I gallon net of the article, whereas, in truth and in 
fact, each of said cans did not contain I gallon of the article, but contained a 
less amount, and for the further reason that the article was food in package 
??fm, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously 
marked on the outside of the package.
On May 5, 1920, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $10.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.