7S83. Atlulteration soiti JMjs^&*ss;?<ai:rag? of olive oil. TT. S. * * * v. Accrai-sio 
Bimino. Flea &f gwilty. Fi?e, $25. (F. & D. No. 11972. I. S. No. 
13580-r.)
On March 10, 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 
Accursio Dimino, New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said defendant, on 
April 19, 1919, of an article,- and transportation of same from the State of New 
York into the State of Connecticut, and charging adulteration and misbrand- 
ing in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was 
labeled in part, " Finest Quality Table Oil   Termini Imerese."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that the product consisted of cottonseed oil, and that the cans 
were short volume.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in that a substance, to wit, cottonseed 
oil, had been mixed and packed with the article so as to lower and reduce and 
injuriously affect its quality and strength; it was further adulterated in that a 
substance, to wit, cottonseed oil, had been substituted in large part for olive oil, 
which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in that the statements on the cans con- 
taining the article, regarding the article, to wit, " Finest Quality Table Oil In- 
superabile Termini Imerese " and " Net Contents One Gallon," together with the 
design and device of an olive tree with natives gathering olives, not corrected 
by the statement in inconspicuous type in an inconspicuous place, " Cottonseed 
oil slightly flavored with olive oil," were false and misleading in that they repre- 
sented that the said article was olive oil, and that each of the cans contained 
1 full gallon of the article, whereas said article was not olive oil, but was a 
mixture composed in large part of eottonseed oil, and each of said cans did not 
contain 1 full gallon of the article, but contained a less amount; said article 
was further misbranded in that the labeling as above set forth was [intended] 
to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that the said article was 
olive oil, and that each can contained 1 full gallon of the article, whereas- the 
article was not olive oil, but was a mixture composed in large part of cotton- 
seed oil, and each of the cans contained less than 1 full gallon of the article. 
The article was further misbranded in that it was food in package form, and 
the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the 
outside of the package.
On March 18, 1920, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.