11191. Adulteration and misbranding of salad oil. U. S. v. 60 Gallon Cans?
and 24 Half-Gallon Cans of Salad Oil. Default decree of condem??
nation and forfeiture. Product delivered to charitable institu??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 15280.    I. S. Nos. 6941-t, 6942-t    S. No. E-3489.)
On July 29, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 a libel for the seizure and condem??
nation of 60 gallon cans and 24 half-gallon cans of salad oil, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages within the Borough of Richmond,?
N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Littauer Oil Co.,?
Guttenberg, N, J., on or about June 17, 1921, and transported from the State?
of New Jersey into the State of New York, and charging adulteration and mis??
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in?
part: "One Gallon" (or "One Half Gallon") "Joan of Arc Brand * * *?
A Pure Salad Oil Blended With Pure Olive Oil   *    *    *   Better Than Olive
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BUBEAU  OF  CHEMISTRY.	
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Oil * * * For Mayonnaise Salad Dressing * * * Littauer Oil Co.?
Guttenberg, N. J."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that cotton??
seed oil had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and?
injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substituted wholly?
or in part for the said article, and for the further reason that it was mixed in?
a manner whereby its inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label,?
" Blended With Pure Olive Oil," was false and misleading and deceived and?
misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the?
article was an imitation of and was offered for sale under the distinctive name?
of another article.
On October 13, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and on February 16, 1922, it was?
ordered by the court that the product be delivered to a charitable institution.
O. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.