3400. Misbranding of oil.   U. S. v. 58 Cartons and 15 Cans of Oil.   Consent decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond for relabeling:.
(F. D. C. No. 6060.   Sample Nos. 74067-E, 74068-E.)
The containers of this product, which was essentially peanut oil with small 
amounts of cottonseed oil and olive oil, failed to comply with the labeling 
requirements of the law.
On October 24, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Connecti- 
cut filed a libel against 58 cartons, each containing 6 gallon cans, and 15 5-gallon 
cans of oil at East Haven, Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 22, 1941, by the Uddo-Taormina 
Corporation from Brooklyn, N. Y.; and charging that it was misbranded. The 
cartons were stenciled "Peanut & Olive Oil" and the gallon cans were embossed: 
"1 Gal."   The 15 5-gallon cans were unlabeled.
The article was alleged to be misbranded (1) in that it was in package form 
and failed to bear a label containing the name and place of business of the 
manufacturer, packer, or distributor; (2) in that it was in package form and 
(cartons and unlabeled 5-gallon cans) failed to bear an accurate statement of 
the quantity of the contents; and (3) in that it was fabricated from two or 
more ingredients and the label failed to bear the common or usual name of each 
ingredient.
On February 4, 1942, Uddo-Taormina Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it 
be relabeled in compliance with the law under the supervision of the Food and 
Drug Administration.