164. Adulteration and misbranding of sandalwood oil.    IT. S. v. 5 Boxes and 12
Boxes of Sandalwood Oil.    Default decree of condemnation and destruc-
tion.    (F. D. C. Nos. 1282, 1330.    Sample Nos. 77631-D, 77632-D, 77634-D.)
This product differed from the pharmacopoeial standard in the following
respects: It yielded less than 90 percent of alcohols calculated as santalol,
it did not have the characteristic odor of sandalwood, and was not soluble in
5 volumes of 70 percent alcohol. It also differed from the standard with respect
to its specific gravity and optical rotation.
On January 2 and January 10, 1940, the United States attorney for the East-
ern District of Pennsylvania filed libels against 17 boxes of sandalwood oil at
Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com-
merce within the period from about February 2 to October 18,1939, from Brooklyn,
N. Y., by the Red Mill Drug Co.; and charging that it was adulterated and
misbranded.
It 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 Pharmacopoeia but
its strength differed from, and its quality and purity fell below, the standard
set forth in the pharmacopoeia; and its difference in strength, quality, and purity
from such standard was not plainly stated on the label.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the representation in the labeling that it
consisted of pure East India (U. S. P.) sandalwood oil was false and misleading.
On February 3, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.