14464. Misbranding of salad oil.     U. S. v. 9 Cans,  et al., of Salad Oil.     De 
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond. (P. & D. No. 20586. I- S. Nos. 6953-x, 6954-x, 6955-x. S. No. 
E-5563.)
On December 3, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Con- 
necticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 75 cans of salad oil, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Bridgeport, Conn., alleging that the article had been delivered for 
shipment into the State of Connecticut, on or about September 15, 1925, by 
the Reliable Importing Co., New York, N. Y., and charging misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in 
part: (Can) " Contadina Brand Oil Superior Quality Pure Vegetable Salad 
Oil 0.98 Of One Gallon Or 7% Lbs. Net," (or "0.98 Of % Gallon Or 3% Lbs. 
Net" or "0.98 Of % Gallon Or 1%-^Lbs. Net").The cartons Containing 
the various sized cans were labeled: " Six-1 Gal. Cans." "12-y. Gal. Cans." 
and "24-% Gal. Cans," respectively.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason Uiat the 
labels on the cans, to wit. "0.98 Of One Gallon Or 7V2 Lbs. Net," or "0.98 
Of .% Gallon Or 3% Lbs. Net," or " 0.98 Of % Gallon Or 1% Lbs. Net," as 
the case might be, and the labels on the shipping packages containing, the 
respective sized cans. " Six-1 Gal. Cans," " 12-y2 Gal. Cans," and " 24-1/4 Gal.. 
Cans," were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. 
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was food' 
in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and con- 
spicuously marked on the outside of the packages, since the statements made 
were not correct.
On June 3, 1926, the Reliable Importing Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., having 
appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 
was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to 
the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the exeeu-
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tion of a bond in the sum of $150, conditioned in part that it be recanned 
under the supervision of this department so that the cans contain the proper 
volume, and that it be relabeled to show the true volume, to wit, 1 full gallon, 
VL> gallon, or XA gallon, as the case might be. 
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.