30894. Adulteration and misbranding of sandalwood oil and misbranding of 
Imitation sandalwood oil. U. S. v. Magnus, Mabee & Reynard, Inc. Plea 
of guilty. Fine, $960. (F. & D. No. 42712. Sample Nos. 1714-D, 8053-D, 
10832-D, 10833-D, 13030-D, 15925-D, 16212-D, 16213-D, 16253-D, 16254-D, 
16255-D, 16471-D, 16472-D, 18028-D, 21518-D, 23743-D, 23744-D, 23745-D, 
24355-D, 24865-D, 28966-D, 30053-D.)
This case involved a large number of shipments of a product labeled, "Oil 
Sandalwood East Indian U. S. P.," which differed from the standard for 
sandalwood oil laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia since it did 
not have the characteristic odor of sandalwood and contained terpineol, an 
adulterant. There were also included two shipments of a product intended 
for use as a drug and labeled "Oil Sandalwood Imitation." Imitation drugs 
are misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
On July 17, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture* filed in the
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district court an information against Magnus, Mabee & Reynard, Inc., New 
York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act within the period from on or about March 31, 1937, to on or about 
June 11, 1938, from the State of New York into the States of Pennsylvania, 
New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, California, Michigan, Louisiana, West Virginia, 
Georgia, and South Carolina of quantities of sandalwood oil which was adul- 
terated and misbranded and of quantities of imitation sandalwood oil which 
was misbranded.
The sandalwood oil was alleged to be adulterated in that it was sold under 
a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia but differed from the 
standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the test laid down 
in said pharmacopoeia since it was not the volatile oil distilled with steam 
from the dried heartwood of Santalum album Linnea, it did not have the 
characteristic odor of sandalwood, and it contained terpineol, which is not 
mentioned in the pharmacopoeia as a constituent of the product; Whereas the 
pharmacopoeia requires that sandalwood oil (oil of santal) be the volatile 
oil distilled with steam from the dried heartwood of Santalum album Linnea, 
and that it have the characteristic odor of sandalwood; and its own standard 
of strength, quality, and purity was not declared on the container. It was 
alleged to be adulterated still further in that its purity fell below the professed 
standard and quality under which it was sold.
The sandalwood oil was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Oil 
Sandalwood * * * U. S. P.," borne on the label, was false and misleading. 
It was alleged to be misbranded further in that it was a product composed in 
part of a terpineol, which had been prepared in imitation of sandalwood oil 
and had been offered for sale and sold under the name of another article, 
oil sandalwood.
The imitation sandalwood oil was alleged to be misbranded in that it was 
an imitation of another article, namely, sandalwood oil, a drug.
On August 11, 1939, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
defendant, the court imposed a fine of $960, i.e., $30 on each of the 32 counts 
of the information.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.