163. Adulteration and misbranding of sandalwood oil capsules.   17. S. v. 7 Boxes,
21 Boxes, and 19 Boxes of Sandalwood Oil. Default decree of condemna-
tion and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 1274. Sample Nos. 86606-D, 86607-D,
86608-D.)
Samples of this product yielded not more than 73.5, 45.1, and 44.9 percent,
respectively, of alcohols calculated as santalol, were completely insoluble in 5
volumes of 70 percent alcohol, and did not have the characteristic odor of sandal-
wood; whereas the United States Pharmacopoeia requires that sandalwood oil
shall yield not less than 90 percent of alcohols calculated as santalol, shall he
soluble in 5 volumes of 70 percent alcohol, and have the characteristic odor of
sandalwood. Furthermore, the specific gravity of the product, its optical ro-
tation, and in some samples its color and refractive index did not conform to
the pharmacopoeial specifications.
On January 2,1940, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts
filed a libel against 47 boxes of sandalwood oil at Boston, Mass., alleging that
the artiele had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on
or about October 2 to on or about October 24, 1939, by the Red Mill Drug Co.
from Brooklyn, N. Y.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded.
It was labeled in part: "Pure East India (U. S. P.) Sandalwood Oil."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be or was
represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in the United States Pharma-
copoeia but its strength differed from, and its quality and purity fell below, the
standard set forth in that compendium, and its difference in strength, quality, and
purity from such standard was not plainly stated on its label.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the representation in the labeling
that it was pure East India U. S. P. sandalwood oil was false and misleading.
On March 18, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.