2962. Adulteration and misbranding of oil.    V. S. v. 17 Cans of Corn and Olive 
Oil and 8  Cartons  of  Peanut  Oil.     Default  decrees  of   condemnation. 
• Product ordered delivered t© eliaritatole institutions.    (F. D. C. Nos. 4911, 
6059.    Sample Nos. 56669-E, 74Q69-E;)
Examination showed that the portion of this product labeled "Corn Oil and 
Imported Olive Oil" consisted essentially of peanut oil with some olive oil and 
cottonseed oil, containing little if any corn oil; and that labeled "Peanut Oil'" 
was peanut oil artificially flavored and colored to simulate olive oil.
On or about June 20, and on September 22, 1941, the United States attorney 
for the District of Connecticut filed libels against 17 gallon cans of oil, at New 
Haven, and 8 cartons each containing 1 5-gallon can of oil at East Haven, Conn., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
May 8 and September 22, 1941, by Best Packing Co., Inc., from New York, N. Y.; 
and charging that it was misbranded and that a portion was also adulterated.
The oil at New Haven was alleged to be adulterated in that an article consisting 
essentially of peanut oil with some olive oil and cottonseed oil, containing little 
if any corn oil, had been substituted wholly or in part for "Corn Oil and Im- 
ported Olive Oil," which it purported to be.
-It was alleged to be misbranded (1) in that the statement "Corn Oil and 
Imported Olive Oil" was false and misleading as applied to an article con- 
sisting essentially of peanut oil with some olive' oil and cottonseed oil, con- 
taining little if any corn oil; and (2) in that the label contained certain repre- 
sentations in a foreign language (Italian) but failed to contain in such language 
all the words, statements, and information required by the law to appear on the 
label.
The oil at East Haven was alleged to be misbranded. (1) in that it was an 
imitation of another food, olive oil, and its label failed to bear, in type of 
uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation" and immediately thereafter 
the name of the food imitated; and (2) in that it contained artificial flavoring 
and artificial coloring and did not bear labeling stating that fact.
On December 20, 1941, and May 27, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered delivered to 
charitable institutions.