F. & D. No. 3274.
I. S. No. 2715-d.	
Issued September 27, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1666.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION OF OIL OF THYME.
On February 29, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Eastern?
District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri??
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said?
district an information against the Dodge & Olcott Co., a corporation?
organized under the laws of New York, having an office in the city?
of St. Louis, Mo., alleging shipment by said company, in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about July 5, 1911, from the State?
of Missouri into the State of Utah of a consignment of oil of thyme,?
which was- adulterated. The product was labeled: " Oil Thyme Red?
Mottet & Co. 8 oz. net weight. From-Dodge & Olcott Co., New?
York.   D. & O.   8 oz.   Net weight."
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry?
of this Department showed the following results: Specific gravity,?
0.9013; rotation 20? C, +9.57; refractive index 20? C, 1.4793;?
thymol by 'absorption, 9.1 per cent; soluble in one-half volume 95?
per cent alcohol; two volumes 80 per cent; official phenol, absent.?
Adulteration was alleged in the information for the reason that the?
product was a drug within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act and?
Was sold by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia?
and it differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as?
determined by the test laid down in the said Pharmacopoeia in that?
the Pharmacopoeia provided that oil of thyme should contain not?
less than 20 per cent of thymol, whereas said product contained an?
appreciably less amount and quantity of thymol than 20 per cent as?
required by said. Pharmacopoeia and the standard of strength,?
quality, and purity of said drug product was not plainly stated upon?
the bottle, box, or other container thereof.
On April 23, 1912, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo?
contendere and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 17,1912.
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