29767. Adulteration and misbranding of Sandal Oil capsules. V. S. v. 376 
Capsules of Sandal Oil. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. No. 42132.    Sample Nos. 12563-D, 12564-D.)
This product fell below the standard under which it was sold since it pur- 
ported to be sandalwood oil, a product defined in the United States Pharma- 
copoeia, but differed from the standard established by that authority in that 
it contained a benzyl compound, such as benzyl alcohol, and a terpineol.
On April 6, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New 
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 375 capsules of sandal oil 
at Brooklyn, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about March 15, 1938, by the Merz Capsule Co. from Detroit, 
Mich.; and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
Adulteration was alleged in substance in that the purity of the article fell 
below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold since it 
contained a benzyl alcohol and terpineol and was not sandalwood oil, which 
is defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia as a volatile oil distilled with 
steam from the dried heartwood of Santalum album Lion.
Misbranding was alleged in that the article was an imitation of and was 
offered for sale under the name of another article.
On September 27, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.