31135. Adulteration and misbranding of sandalwood oil. U. S. v. Alfred C. Hoff- 
man (Red Mill Drug Co.) Plea of guilty. Fine, $8. (F. & D. No. 42799. 
Sample Nos. 1600-D, 2362-D, 9624-D, 77634-D.)
This product differed from the pharmacopoeial standard in the following 
respects: It contained mineral oil; it yielded less than 90 percent of alcohols 
calculated as santalol. It did not have the characteristic color of sandalwood, 
and was not soluble in 5 volumes of 70 percent alcohol. It also differed from 
the pharmacopoeial standard with respect to its specific gravity, optical rotation, 
and refruitive index.
On November 7, 1940, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York filed an information against Alfred C. Hoffman, trading as the Red 
Mill Drug Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. alleging shipment within the period from on or 
about November 9, 1937, to on or about February 2, 1939, from the State of 
New York into the States of Pennsylvania and Missouri of quantities of sandal- 
wood oil that was adulterated and misbranded.
The article in all shipments was alleged to be adulterated in that it was sold 
under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia but dif- 
fered from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the 
tests laid down in the pharmacopoeia official at the time of investigation; and 
its own standard of strength, quality, and purity was not declared on the con- 
tainer. One shipment was alleged to be adulterated further in that its strength 
and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under which it was 
sold in that each capsule was represented to contain 5 minims of the article; 
whereas each capsule contained less than 5 minims, namely, not more than 
4.43 minims of the article.
The article in three shipments was alleged to be misbranded in that the state- 
ment "Pure East India (U. S. P.) Sandalwood Oil," borne on the cartons, was 
false and misleading since it represented that the article was sandalwood oil 
which conformed to the standard laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia; 
whereas it was not sandalwood oil which conformed to the standard laid down 
in such compendium.
The remaining shipment was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement 
"Each capsule contains Sandalwood Oil * * * 5 minims," borne on the carton, 
was false and misleading since the said statement represented that the article 
consisted entirely of sandalwood oil and that each of the capsules contained 
5 minims thereof; whereas it did not consist entirely of sandalwood oil but did 
consist in part of mineral oil and each of the capsules did not contain 5 
minims of the article but did contain a smaller amount. All shipments were 
alleged to be misbranded further in that the article was an imitation of sandal- 
wood oil and was offered for sale and sold under the name of another article.
The information also charged the defendant with various other shipments of 
sandalwood oil that was adulterated and misbranded in violation of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as reported in notice of judgment D. D. N. J. 
No. 347.
On January 7, 1941, a plea of guilty having been entered, the court imposed 
a fine of $8 on the counts charging violation of the Federal Food and Drugs Act 
of 1906.    (The defendant was also sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment on the
10 counts covering violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act but 
this sentence was suspended and the defendant was placed on probation for 
1 year.)