4481. Adulteration of olive oil.    V. S. v. Michele Gasinelli.    Plea of guilty.   Fine
$100.    (F. D C. No. 7711.    Sample No. 89095-E.)
On December 14, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California filed an information against Michele Gasinelli, trading and doing 
business as M. Casinelli, at San Bernardino, Calif., alleging shipment on or 
about February 18, 1942, from the State of California into the State of New 
York of a quantity of olive oil that was adulterated and misbranded. The 
article was described in the freight bill as "20 etns. Olive Oil in tins."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a mixture of cottonseed oil 
and olive oil had been substituted wholly or in part for olive oil, which said' 
article was represented! to be.
The article was alleged to be misbranded (1) in that it consisted of a mixture 
of cottonseed oil and olive oil and was offered for sale under the name of another 
food, olive oil; (2) in that it was in package form and did not bear a label con- 
taining the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distri- 
butor, and an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of 
measure; and (3) in that it was fabricated from two or more ingredients and its 
label did not bear the common or usual name of each such ingredient.
On December 31, 1942, the defendant having entered a plea of guilty, the 
court imposed a fine of $100.