11542. Misbranding of olive oil. IT. g. v. 23 Cans of Olive Oil. Default?
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and sale. (F. & D. No. 16f!70.?
I. S. No. 15561-t.    S. No. E-3872.)
On May 19, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and?
comdemnation of 23 quart cans of olive oil, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Stamford, Conn., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by Courumalis & Co., New York, N. Y., on or about March 15, 1922,?
and transported from the State of New York into the State of Connecticut,?
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.?
The article was labeled in part: " La Bella Fiume * * * Prodotto?
Garantito * * * Packed By Valore Olive Oil Co. New York Net Con??
tents One Quart."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the?
labels on the cans containing the said article bore the following statement,?
" Net Contents One Quart," which was false and misleading and deceived and?
misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that?
the article was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was?
not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On May 29, 1923, 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 sold by the United States marshal or destroyed if such?
sale could not be speedily effected.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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