2507. Adulteration and misbranding of oil.     U. S. v. 8 Cases and 6 Cans of CottonŽ
seed Corn & Olive Oil and 3 Cases and 4 Cans of Cottonseed and Olive 
Oil. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered distributed to 
charitable institutions.    (F. D. C. No. 3905.    Sample Nos. 56025-E, 56026-E.)
Both lots of this oil consisted essentially of artificially flavored and artificially 
colored cottonseed oil containing little or no olive oil.
On March 4, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut 
filed a libel against a total of 76 gallon cans of the above-described products at 
Waterbury, Conn., alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 25, 1940, by Ciroco Oil Co. from Brooklyn, N. Y.; 
and charging that they were adulterated and misbranded. They were labeled in 
part: "Cottonseed Corn & Olive Oil Superfine Brand" and "Ciroco Brand 80% 
Cottonseed and 20% Olive Oil."
The products were alleged to be adulterated in that artificially flavored and 
artificially colored cottonseed oil, containing little or no olive oil, had been sub- 
stituted wholly or in part for "Cottonseed Corn & Olive Oil" and "80% Cotton- 
seed & 20% Olive Oil," which they purported to be; in that inferiority had been 
concealed by the addition of artificial flavor and artificial color; and in that 
artificial flavor and artificial color had been added thereto or mixed or packed 
therewith so as to make them appear better or of greater value than they were.
They were alleged to be misbranded in that the statements "Cottonseed Corn 
& Olive Oil" and "80% Cottonseed & 20% Olive Oil" were false and misleading; 
in that they were imitations of another food and their labels failed to bear, in 
type of uniform size and prominence, the. word "Imitation" and immediately 
thereafter, the name of the food imitated; in that the labels contained representa- 
tions in a foreign language (Italian) and the information required by the act to 
appear on the labels did not appear thereon in the foreign language; and in that 
they contained artificial flavoring and artificial coloring and did not bear labeling 
stating that fact.
On May 26, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the products were ordered distributed to charitable institutions.