1353. Adulteration and misbranding of olive oil.    TJ. S. v. 10 Cans and 24 Cans
of Olive Oil.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C.
Nos. 3169, 3170.    Sample Nos. 36626-E, 36627-E, 36628-E.)
^ This product, .^hich-iWas represented to be pure olive oil, was found to consist 
almost entirely of cottonseed oil with little or no olive oil present.
On October 9, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts filed libels against 34 cans of olive oil at Framingham, Mass., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 23 
and October 7, 1940, by the Columbia Tea Co. from Providence, R. I.; and 
charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part: (Cans) "Puglia Brand Superfine Pure Olive Oil" and "Pure Stella 
Alpino Brand Imported Olive Oil."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a substance consisting 
almost entirely of cottonseed oil with little or no olive oil had been substituted 
wholly or in part for olive oil, which it purported to be.
The Puglia brand was alleged to be misbranded in that the following state- 
ments in the labeling were false and misleading as applied to an article consist- 
ing almost entirely of cottonseed oil with little or no olive oil: "Superfine Pure 
Olive Oil Imported From Lucca, Italy"; "Imported from Italy." The Stella Alpino 
brand was alleged to be misbranded in that it was offered for sale under the
name of another food, namely:  "Imported Olive Oil Olio Delia de Lueca 
It-ilib Imported from Italy."
On November :18, 1940, no claimant having appeared,-judgments of condem- 
nation were entered andthe product was ordered destroyed.