21400. Misbranding of  salad oil.     U.  S. v. 25  Cans  of  Salad  Oil.     Default
decree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.      (F.   &  D.
no. 30879.    Sample no. 50050-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of salad oil which was short 
volume.
On August 10, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 25 cans of salad oil 
at Allentown, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about March 13, 1933, by the Ragus Packing Co., from Long 
Island City, N.Y., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Net Contents One Gallon 
Salco Salad Oil Full Measure * * * Ragus Packing Corporation, Long 
Island City, N.T."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ments on the label, " Net Contents One Gallon * * * Full Measure ", were 
false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the further 
reason that the article was in package form and the quantity of the contents 
was not plainly and conspicuously declared on the outside of the package, since 
the statement made was incorrect.
On September 5, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.