7777.  Adulteration and misbranding? of so-called olive oil.    V. S.    *    *    *    v.
Frank Kakarakis and Gns Kakarakis (Kakarakis Bros.). Plea of 
guilty. Fine, $30 and costs. (F. & D. No. 034G. I. S. NOS. 8617-p, 
SOlS-p, 0163-p, 9164-p, 0L65-p, 0166-j>, 9167-p, 9771-p, 15222-p.)
On June 28, 1919, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against Frank 
Kakarakis and Gus Kakarakis, trading as Kakarakis Bros., Chicago, Ill., 
alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
as amended, on November 22, 1917, from the State of Illinois into the State of 
Michigan, on April 15, 1918, April 1, 1918, March 23, 1918, March 28, 1918, and 
January 25, 1918, from the State of Illinois into the State of Indiana, on 
January 22, 1918, from the State of Illinois into the State of Ohio, and on 
April 17, 1918, from the State of Illinois into the State of Iowa, of quantities 
of so-called olive oil which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was 
labeled, " One Gallon Net " or " One Quart Net " or " Half Gallon " or " One 
Tint Net," as the case might be (cut of crown) "Superfine- compound with 
Pure Olive Oil" (picture of man) "King Alexander I. Brand KB Chicago, 
U. S. A.    KB Superfine compound with Pure Olive Oil."
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted largely of cottonseed oil, and that the cans 
containing it were shoi't measure.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the information for 
the reason that a substance, to wit, cottonseed oil, had been mixed and packed
therewith so as to lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had 
been substituted in part for olive oil, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statements, to 
wit, " Bure Olive Oil" and " One Gallon Net," or " One Quart Net" or " Half 
Gallon Net " or " One Pint Net," as the case might be, not corrected by the state- 
ments in inconspicuous type " compound with,"
' borne on the cans containing 
the article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, 
were false and misleading in that they represented that the article was pure 
olive oil, and that each of said cans contained 1 "gallon net or 1 quart net or 
half gallon net or 1 pint net of the article, as the case might be, and for the fur- 
ther reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser into the belief that it was pure olive oil, and that each of said cans con- 
tained 1 gallon net or 1 quart net or half gallon net or 1 pint net of the article, 
as the case might be, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not pure olive oil, 
but was a mixture composed in part of cottonseed oil, and each of said cans did 
not contain 1 gallon or 1 quart or half gallon or 1 pint of the article, but did con- 
tain a less amount. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
article was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents wTas not 
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On March 23, 1920, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant firm, and the court imposed a fine of $30 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.