The Bulletin. 



76 



sweet oil. If olive oil is sweet oil then cottou seed oil is uot. A con- 

 sumer has a right to know, from the name under which he purchases 

 a simple product, what he is getting. With both olive oil and cotton 

 seed oil known as sweet oil much confusion would arise, and a purchaser 

 would never know what he is getting. Olive oil was known as sweet 

 oil before cotton seed oil was prepared and discovered to be of any use. 

 Cotton seed oil is probably just as good for the purposes for which 

 sweet oil is used as olive oil. If it is, then use it for those purposes, 

 but sell it under its own good name and let it have the credit due it. 

 Label it cotton seed oil with such explanation, in smaller type on the 

 label, as is necessary to convey the proper information to the consumer. 



Under the head of sweet oil 33 samples were examined, 27 of which 

 were misbranded, and 3 of the latter were not properly labeled. 



In regard to the misbranding of these samples, it is but justice to 

 say that the manufacturers of many of these products were acting in 

 good faith and believed that they were branding their goods properly, 

 and complying with the law. 



NATION OP SWEET OILS. 



2^ 



-32 



9125 

 S833 

 9126 

 9214 

 8907 

 9233 



«829 

 9228 

 9224 

 8831 

 9225 

 9219 

 9379 

 8828 

 9217 

 9227 

 $908 

 9128 

 8909 

 9215 

 9221 



o 



3 ■ 

 5 "So 



TO <— . ■— f 



72.75 

 72.67 

 73.54 

 73.78 

 72.80 

 73.50 



72.96 

 73.70 

 69.43 

 71.48 

 74.00 

 73.00 

 73.54 

 73.30 

 73.40 

 72.00 

 72.80 

 67.83 

 71.80 

 67.50 

 73.50 



> 



S X 



«- 



s-w 



1.4739 

 1.4739 

 1.4744 

 1.4745 

 1.4739 



1. 4744 



1.4739 



1. 4745 

 1.4718 

 1.4732 



1.4747 

 1.474l' 





o.::2 



Whoo 



0. 9234 Positive 



..do 



0.9246. ...do 



Negative... 



Positive 



0.9227. ...do 



0.9233. ...do 



0.92241. ...do 



0.9178jNegative... 



Positive 



0.9224'.. ..do 



0.9225---. do 



I 



1.4744; 0.9244;.. ..do. 

 1. 47421 0.9245. ...do- 

 1.4743. do. 



1.4735 

 1.4539 

 1. 4708 

 1.4533 

 1. 4707 

 1.4744 



0.9226! do 



!-■'"" 



0. 9178 Negative.-. 



.iPositive 



Negative... 



0. 9224 Positive 



Remarks and Conclusions 



Cotton seed oil, sold as a substitute for sweet oil. 

 Cotton seed oil, misbranded; sale as sweet oil illegal 



do. 

 Not a sweet oil; sale as sweet oil illegal. 

 Cotton seed oil; sale as sweet oil illegal. 



Cottonseed oil, misbranded. It is labeled "oil," "eweel 

 oil," then in very small letters "cotton seed oil." The 

 label is deceptive; sale illegal. 



Cotton seed oil, misbranded; sale as sweet oil illegal. 



do. 



Sweet oil (olive oil). 

 Cotton seed oil, misbranded; sale as sweet oil illegal 



do. 



Cotton seed oil, misbranded. It is branded "olive sweei 

 oil"; sale illegal, 

 do. 



Cotton seed oil, misbranded; sale as sweet oil lllegul 



do. 



do. 



do. 



Sweet oil (olive oil). 



Cotton seed oil, misbranded; sale as sweet oil illegal 

 Sweet oil (olive oil). 

 Cotton seed oil, misbranded; sale as sweet oil illegal 



