9341. Adulteration and Misbranding of olive oil.   U. S.   *   *   *   v. 5 Cases   *   *   *   of Olive
Oil.   Default  decree  of  condemnation, forfeiture,  and destruction.   (F. & D. No.
9220.   I. S.No. 7505-r.   S. No  C-950.)
On August 7, 1918, 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 a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 5 cases, 
more or less, each containing 40 cans, of olive oil, at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by Nicholas Cosentino, Detroit, Mich., on March 4, 1918, and 
transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Illinois, and charging adul- 
teration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that cottonseed 
oil had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously 
affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part for the article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the cans containing the article were 
denominated as to the contents thereof and labeled as follows, "Italia Olio D Oliva 
Pure Felippo Berio & Co Lucca Toscano One lull Quart Net," which statement 
was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser in that the said 
statement purported to set forth that the article consisted of pure olive oil, whereas, 
in truth and in fact, it contained cottonseed oil.
On February 21, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.