28977. Misbranding of oil of sandalwood.   U. S. v. S Pounds of Oil of Sandalwood.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 42226. 
Sample No. 9181-D.)
The labeling of this product represented that it conformed to the United 
States Pharmacopoeial standard for sandalwood oil, whereas it fell far below
On April 29, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 5 pounds of oil of sandalwood 
at Houston, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about February 19, 1938, from New York, N. Y., by the Ehrmann 
Strauss Co., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled: "H. C. Ryland * * * Oil Sandalwood E. I. 
U. S. P."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Oil Sandal- 
wood * * * U. S. P." was false and misleading since it caused the pur- 
chaser to believe that the article was sandalwood oil; whereas it did not meet 
the requirements of sandalwood oil named in the United States Pharmacopoeia; 
and in that it was an imitation of and was offered for sale under the name 
of another article.
On May 24, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
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