29257. Adulteration and misbranding of sandalwood oil 17. S. P.   V. S. v. 9 Boxes
and 4 Boxes of Sandalwood Oil.    Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 42188.    Sample Nos. 14156-D, 14157-D.)
This product was sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharma- 
copoeia and differed from the standard established by that authority.
On April 13, 1988, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 13 boxes of sandal- 
wood oil capsules at Lowell, Mass.; alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about March 22, 1938, from New York, N. Y-, by 
Petroline Laboratories, Inc.; and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was sold under a name 
recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, namely, sandalwood oil, and 
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by 
the tests laid down in the said pharmacopoeia, and its own standard of 
strength, quality, and purity was not stated on the label.
Misbranding was alleged in that the statement on the label, "Sandalwood 
Oil * * * (U. S. P.)," was false and misleading since it represented that 
the article was the volatile oil distilled with steam from the dried heartwood 
of Santalum album stone, whereas it was not as represented since it contained 
a benzyl compound, such as benzyl alcohol, and terpineol. It was alleged to 
be misbranded further in that it was an imitation of and was offered for sale 
under the name of another article, namely, sandalwood oil.
On June 27, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. (L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.