21244. Adulteration and Misbranding of oil of lavender.    U.  S. v. 24 Bot¬
tles   of  Oil  of  Lavender.     Default  decree  of  condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 30414.    Sample no. 37487-A.)
This case involved a shipment of a product represented to be oil of lavender of 
pharmacopoeial standard, which fell below the standard laid down in the 
United States Pharmacopoeia for oil of lavender, in that it yielded 5.88 percent 
of esters calculated at linalyl acetate, that its odor was not characteristic of 
lavender flowers, that it was not soluble in three volumes of 70-percent alcohol, 
that its specific gravity at 25° C. was 0.898, that its refruitive index at 20° 
was 1.4726 and that when tested by the method described in the pharmacopoeia 
for acetins 4.45 cubic centimeters of half-normal hydrochloric acid was required 
for neutralization; whereas the pharmacopoeia provides that oil of lavender 
yield not less than 30 percent of esters calculated as linalyl acetate, that it 
have the characteristic odor of lavender flowers, that it be soluble in three 
volumes of 70-percent alcohol, that its specific gravity at 25° be not more than 
0.888, that its refruitive index at 20° be not more than 1.464, and that when 
tested by the method described in the pharmacopoeia for acetins not less than 
4.7 cubic centimeters of half-normal hydrochloric acid be required for 
neutralization.
On May 8, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 24 bottles of oil of lavender at 
Perry Point, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about April 20, 1933, by James Good, Inc., from Philadelphia, Pa., 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.   The article was labeled in part: " Oil of Lavender, U. S. P."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was sold 
under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, and differed 
from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the test 
laid down in the said pharmacopoeia, and its own standard was not stated 
upon the container.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, "Oil 
of Lavender, U. S. P.," was false and misleading, and for the further reason 
that the article was an imitation of and was offered for sale under the name 
of another article.
On July 13, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.