13176. Adulteration of olive oil, talble oil, and macaroni and noodle products.
U. S. v. Chicago Macaroni Co. and Joseph S. Matalone. Pleas of guilty. 
Fine, $1,500 jointly against the defendants. (F. D. C. No. 22036. Sample 
Nos. 19483-H, 19484-H, 19764-H, 38440-H, 51226-H, 51228-H to 51230-H, 
incl., 51757-H, 51759-H, 51765-H, 51766-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : April 23, 1947, Northern District of Illinois, against the 
Chicago Macaroni Co., a corporation, Chicago, Ill., and Joseph S. Matalone, 
secretary.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between the approximate dates of April 11 and September 
23, 1946, from the State of Illinois into the States of Minnesota and Michigan.
LABEL IN PART: "Extra Cyrilla Imported Olive Oil," "Italy Brand Table 
Oil Blend An Excellant Composition of Eighty Per Cent of Corn Oil and 
Twenty Per Cent of Pure Olive Oil," "Cyrilla Brand Macaroni [or "Pure Egg 
Noodles"]," or "Italy Brand   Macaroni."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Olive oil. Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), oils other 
than olive oil had been substituted in part for olive oil.
Table oil. Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, olive 
oil, had been omitted; and, Section 402 (b) (2), a product containing little or 
no olive oil had been substituted for a blend of eighty percent corn oil and 20 
percent pure olive oil.
Macaroni and noodle products. Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insect fragments, rodent 
hairs, and hairs resembling rodent or cat hairs; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they 
had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become 
contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : September 10, 1947. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the 
court imposed a fine of $1,500 jointly against the defendants.