10556.?Misbranding- of olive oil and salad oil.    TJ. S. v. 37 Cans and 6 Cans
of Olive Oil and 40 Cans of Salad Oil. Default decrees of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and sale or destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 15100,?
15101,  15102.    I.  S.  Nos. 7002-t, 7003-t, 6699-t.    S. Nos. E-3400, E-3402.)
On June 29, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and con??
demnation of 37 quart cans and 6 gallon cans of olive oil and 40 gallon cans?
of salad oil, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Greenwich,?
Stamford, and Waterbury, Conn., respectively, alleging that the articles had?
been shipped by the Southern Importing Co., New York, N. Y., on or about?
May 4, May 5, and May 14, 1921, respectively, and transported from the State?
of New York into the State of Connecticut, and charging misbranding in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The olive oil was labeled in?
part: " Sico Brand Extra Fine Olive Oil * * * Packed by Southern Im??
porting Co., N. Y. * * *. 1 Quart Net" (or "1 Gallon Net"). The salad?
oil was labeled in part: "II Famoso Olio per Insalata Medaglie Universal?
Cotton Salad Oil 1 Gallon Net."
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BUREAU  OF  CHEMISTRY.	
[Supplement 148,
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in substance in the libels for 1he?
reason that the cans containing the same each bore a certain statement, to wit,?
" One Quart Net" or " One Gallon Net," as the case might be, which said?
statement was false and misleading and deceived and misled the. purchaser.?
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the articles were food in?
package form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicu??
ously marked on the outside of the packages.
On September 16 and October 5, 1921, respectively, no claimant having ap??
peared for the property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were en??
tered, and it was ordered by the court that the products be sold by the Uniled?
States marshal, or destroyed if such sale could not be speedily effected.
0. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.