474. Adulteration of sassafras oil.    IT. S. v. 49 Pounds of an Article Labeled In
Part    "Oil    Sassafras    Natural.''    Default   decree   of   condemnation   and
destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 3682.    Sample No. 108T3-E.)
This product was not sassafras oil but was a mixture of oils obtained from
sources other than sassafras including a small proportion of methyl salicylate.
On January 23, 1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District- of
New York filed a libel against 49 pounds of sassafras oil at New York, N. Y.,
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about
January 1, 1941, by M. B. Proffitt from Johnson City, Tenn.; and charging that
it was adulterated and misbranded. It was labeled in part: "Southern Oleum
Sassafras, U. S. P."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a substance, namely, a mix-
ture of oils other than sassafras oil, had been substituted wholly or in part
therefor.
It was alleged to be misbranded^ in that the statement on the label, "Oil
Sassafras Natural," was false and misleading as applied to this article, which
was not the article described in the United States Pharmacopoeia under the
title "Oleum Sassafras," subtitle "Oil of Sassafras."
On February 15, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna-
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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