11698. Adulteration of salad oil.    IT. S. v. 5 Drums    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 20784.
Sample No. 65547-H.)
LIBEL FILED : September 5,1946, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; libel amended 
September 10, 1946.
ALLEGED DELIVERY FOR SHIPMENT : On or about July 8,1946, by "Babe" Sugarman, 
of Philadelphia, Pa. The product was delivered to a transportation company 
in Philadelphia, Pa., for shipment to a consignee in Wildwood, N. J.
PRODUCT: 5 unlabeled drums, each containing 55 gallons, of salad oil at Phila- 
delphia, Pa. Examination showed that the article was artificially colored and 
flavored mineral oil, but it was represented as salad oil.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), nonnutritive mineral 
oil had been substituted in whole or in part for salad oil, which the article was
• represented to be; and Section 402 (b) (4), artificial flavoring and coloring had 
been added to nonnutritive mineral oil and mixed and packed with it so as to 
make it appear better and of greater value than it was.
DISPOSITION : October 3, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.