7678. Adulteration and misbranding: of santal oil.     TJ. S. v. S Boxes    *    *    *
of Santal Oil. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 0678.    I. S. No. 5886-r.    S. No. C-1054.)
On February 6, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 8 boxes, each containing 100 capsules of a product, labeled in 
part " Santal Oil," remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Indianapolis, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
October 4, 1918, by the Evans Drug Mfg. Co., Greensburg, Pa., and trans- 
ported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of Indiana, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding under the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part, " 100 Soluble Elastic Capsules Guaranteed Weather-Proof 
and Non-Collapsible Santal Oil East India 10 Min. R-. Each Capsule Contains 
Sandalwood Oil 10 Min. East India Evans Drug Mfg. Co. Incorporated Soft 
Capsules   Greensburg, Pa."
Analysis of a sample of the product made by the Bureau of Chemistry of 
this department showed that the average contents of 50 capsules was 8.1 
minims of a mixture of santal oil with approximately 74 per cent of cottonseed 
oil.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
was sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, 
and did not comply with the tests therein laid down, and for the further 
reason that its strength and purity fell below the professed standard and 
quality under which it was sold. 
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Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statements above quoted were false and misleading in that the product was 
an imitation of, and offered for sale under the name of, another article.
On January 2, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, a default 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and on February 24, 1920, 
it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.