19281. Adulteration and Misbranding of salad oil. U. S. v. 48 Cartons of 
Salad Oil. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 23961.    I. S. No. 08189.    S. No. 2187.)
Examination of samples of salad oil from the shipment herein described 
having shown that the article contained undeclared added color and was short 
weight, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States 
attorney for the Western District of New York.
On August 19, 1929, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 48 cartons of salad oil, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by Van 
Camp Packing Co., of Louisville, Ky., from Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 1, 1929, 
and had been transported from the State of Ohio into the State of New York, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Contadina Brand Oil— 
Pure Vegetable Salad Oil—Five Gallons Net—Contadina Oil Co., New York."
Adulteration was alleged in the libel for the reason that an artificially 
colored oil had been substituted for the article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation 
of and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, 
to wit, pure vegetable salad oil, since it was not pure vegetable salad oil in 
that it contained undeclared artificial "color; misbranding was alleged for the 
further reason that the statement " Five Gallons Net" was false and mis- 
leading 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 marked on the outside of the package.
On January 30, 1932, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.