29032. Adulteration and misbranding: af Sandal oil capsules.    U. S. v. 800 Cap¬
sules of Sandal Oil.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. No. 42198.    Sample No. 14508-D.)
This product was labeled to indicate that it was oil of santal, a drug recognized 
In the United States Pharmacopoeia; whereas it was not since it contained a 
material proportion of mineral oil and benzyl alcohol. It also was short of the 
declared volume.
On April 18, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of New Hamp- 
shire, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 800 capsules of Sandal oil at
Lancaster, N. H.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 28, 1986, from Detroit, Mich., by the Merz Capsule 
•Co.; and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength fell below the 
professed standard and quality under which it was sold, namely, "Capsules 
Sandal Oil 10 min.," since it was not sandal oil and each capsule did not contain 
10 minims of sandal oil, but it was a mixture containing mineral oil and benzyl 
Alcohol and each capsule contained less than 10 minims of the article.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the above-quoted statement 
was false and misleading. It was alleged to be misbranded further in that the 
statement on the label, "Sandal Oil," was misleading since the purchaser was 
led to believe that the article was oil of santal, a drug recognized in the United 
States Pharmacopoeia; whereas it was not oil of santal, a drug recognized in 
the United States Pharmacopoeia, but was a mixture containing mineral oil and 
benzyl alcohol. Misbranding was alleged further in that the article was an imi- 
tation of and was offered for sale under the name of another article.
On June 23, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.