S3S0. Adulteration and misbranding- of cottonseed oil. U. S. * * * v. 5?
Cases of Adulterated and Misbranded Cottonseed Oil. Default de??
cree  of condemnation and forfeiture.     Goods  ordered  sold.     (F.  &
D.  No. 10003.    I. S.  No. 2304-r.     S.  No.  W-293.)
On April 4, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 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?
5 cases of cottonseed oil, at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about July 2,191S, by Meyer & Lange, New York, N. Y., and trans??
ported from the State of New .York into the State of Oregon, and charging?
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The?
article was labeled in part, " Umberto Albertini Brand."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted of cottonseed oil.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel in that in said product?
pure cottonseed oil had been substituted wholly for the compound of olive oil.
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in that the label was so designed anil?
devised as to lead the public to believe that the article was a compound of olive?
oil, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained only cottonseed oil and no olive?
oil whatsoever. Further misbranding was alleged in that it was offered for?
sale under the distinctive name, a compound of oilve oil, whereas, in truth and?
in fact, it contained only cottonseed oil.
On December 12, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.