7983. Misbranding of olive oil. U. S. * * * v. Norman J. Gerber and Jay 
J. Gerber, Copartners (K. Gerber & Co.). Plea of g-uilty. Fine, $20 
and costs.     (F. & D. No. 9488.    I. S. No. 12131-p.)
On March 20, 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 an information against Norman J. 
Gerber and Jay J. Gerber, trading and doing business as II. Gerber & Co., 
Chicago, 113., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on March 20, 1918, from the State of Illinois into the State of 
Missouri, of a quantity of an article, labeled in part " Ottimo Brand Virgin Oil 
It. Gerber & Co., Chicago, Ill., contents I Gal. Net," which was misbranded.
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of! this 
department showed that the cans were short volume.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information in that the state- 
ment borne on the cans containing the article, regarding it, to wit, " Contents 
I Gal, Net," was false and misleading in that it represented that each, can con- 
tained i gallon net of the article, whereas it contained a less amount; further 
misbranding was alleged in that the article was labeled as above so as to deceive 
and mislead the purchaser into the belief that each can contained i gallon net 
of the article, whereas it contained a less amount; further misbranding was 
alleged 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 23, 1920, Norman J. Gerber and Jay J. Gerber entered pleas of 
guilty to the information, and the court imposed a fine of $20 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.