19089. Adulteration and misbranding of table and cooking oil.   U. S. v. 23 Cases
* * * (and 3 other seizure actions).    (F. D. C. Nos. 32901 to 32904, incl. 
Sample Nos. 33392-L to 33395-L, incl.)
LIBELS FILED :   March 21, 1952, Eastern District of Michigan.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about January 31, 1952, by the Western Food Corp.,
from Chicago, Ill. 
PRODUCT:   82 cases, each containing 6   1-gallon cans, of table and cooking oil at
Detroit, Mich.    Examination showed that the product was a vegetable oil
containing little or no olive oil.
LABEL IN PART : "Liguria Superfine Brand An Excellent Composition of 80% 
Vegetable Oil and 20% of Pure Virgin Olive Oil."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a vegetable oil contain- 
ing little or no olive oil had been substituted for a blend of 80 percent vegetable 
oil and 20 percent olive oil.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label designation "20% of Pure Virgin 
Olive Oil" was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION : June 13, 1952. Default decrees of condemnation. The court or- 
dered that the product be delivered to a Federal institution, for use as animal 
feed. On June 18, 1952, amended decrees were entered under which the insti- 
tution was permitted to use the product for human consumption.