29274. Adulteration  and misbranding of sandalwood oil.     U.  S. v.  9 Boxes of
Sandalwood Oil, et al. Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. Nos. 42240, 42381.    Sample Nos. 12452-D, 12453-D, 13165-D.)
This product failed to comply with the requirements of the United States 
Pharmacopoeia for sandalwood oil.
On April 27 and June 14, 1938, the United States attorney for the District 
of Connecticut, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 25 boxes of 
sandalwood oil capsules at Hartford, Conn.; alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce in part on or about April 22, 1937, and in part 
on or about April 8, 1938, from New York, N. Y., by James Co.; 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 test laid down in said pharmacopoeia and its own standard of strength, 
quality, and purity was not stated on the label.
One lot was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, 
"Sandalwood Oil U. S. P., Pure Bast India," was false and misleading since 
it represented that the article was sandalwood oil which complied with the 
requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia; whereas it was not sandal-
wood, oil of pharmacopoeial standard. The remaining lot was alleged to be 
misbranded in that the statement on the label, "Sandalwood Oil U. S. P. 
Pure Bast India," was false and misleading since it represented that the 
article was a volatile oil distilled with steam from the dried heartwood of 
Santalum album Linnea whereas it was not as represented since it contained 
benzyl alcohol, a derivative of phthalic acid and terpineol; and in that it was 
an imitation of and was offered for sale under the name of another article, 
namely, sandalwood oil.
On July 22, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.