OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

iionorable 5. Ooorby Salt& Diractor 

bureau of Food and Ilruga 

Tioxar Btatr Board sf 8881th 

Austin, ‘poxas 

above stnt8d quertrw. 

pxwldba, la gart, 

or diatr lbutlon, 

8Slan of tlm 

&sbliab.rurnt, 

&all ba 

then a separate 

rw@imd for each 

“The ters: ‘manufmdarb’ 88 wed In t&La ArtiPIR rhall EieM the procer* of CcnnbLR~ or purlryinc; brtfalsr OS Pood or drug8 aud gaokaging 

ame Ear 8814 to thu c~nsuiaer~ 4ithia by uholsralb or iwtail, . . . Any person, tlrm ix 5ozporatioa who reprmeat tbemgslver ar rerponolblr 

818 
819 

Honorable J. Overby Smith, pl~zcl 2 

for tha purity sad tti proper brend.Lng of eny article of focd or drug, by plaolq ar bavlng placed 

their mune or nanma and address upon tha label of 

any food or drug, ahall ba deemoda mamSm3turrr 

and lnaludtid U:thin the iaimtug of this Article. 

Any pm*on, flha,or aorpoPatlw uho opts into 

thin State Pram any place not within "k t aontirmntal llmita of th8 United States, any artida 

or food or erugp shall be lJepcuatr8 u1thlA tkn 

lTmuab$ ckl thft APtrcl%. 

" II 

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Ye have baen unable to $3~6 my 8uthority wu&ir 

the Texas Food and nru$ Lava ar tin Fedem Fur0 PO& &U8 

whorain the OouPta h8Va ooari4wml &ha question aa to whet&- 

er or not lo* is amaalder& a food, o)! whet&or or not it ia 

deemed to b8 uf artlala ulthin tJaa purview oS,~uuh lava. 

SlAua lm have no ruthority dir*otly in palat a the rubj.ot 

under dlrouaaion, It would k viotwlly mdlaaa uad orrrta&- 

1 J #UíVA0 eOQO8tFtWtlVe p uE~Ot0 8e l rgound the AuUWUll and 

0aP10u8 briaitbfk8 of ‘soad as so radewd by,tlw 00Lsrta, 

for the maaniw of 8 word ln tha light of ona l Ututw my 

be entll’O4 ditfOI%At f&WA 8W& iAt8rpf&AtiOA ‘VbA AWNerad in V&Or Of SAOt&r St&X&*. %‘hUCfOEO, Ve t’kl-A t0 tb8 

l ta tut8themwalve~ a to datol%aiAo t&eir plmpoaa and to 8ttompt 

EO 0bt.8~ tharfma~ th8 itwit 0r th6 bgi8htw 88 t0 a8t 

they ootsidwod a0 ooartituthg *food” u&er thew l tatutsc. 

AS to utut the Id$i8l.atwe bed in 2nLad as oanatltuting r00d UA~ th0 8tAtUt4b8, VO fLPd their eetlAit1oA wtdw 

&tie18 4471, Vernon’s Anwteted Civil Statutes, v&l& mado 

as iollowsr 

~h83 t~mit *rid* ohnil h~hd0 au 

mttel;o*&d by mm for food, drink, rlavw~, 

confocticxa4ry or oondlmeAtg whether dmplo, 

mixed or aoerpoimdad. . . . 

Food, aa thus defined, appeero to iwlude a11 wtiales, vhetber lntxed, simple, or ocmpound, be8fd.m drugs, that &m deaPCEJ;urd 

to be ooruumed IntmuMybyarrr. ThaiWore, the nmautrotum 

of such artbzle, benkdoa drugs, dosigaed to be inrenully oonsumed by iam, would QCBI vitb3.n Article 4469, supPa, rtquiritq 

the aniwal reglatlwicn fecr. 
820 

Honarablo J. Overby 8mlth, m 3 

The purpo8e ef the Leglalaturo in l aaa t 

9 

these 

rooti and drag lAv8 Pas to prevent IA&WY to the pub 10 health 

by th. sale of mi8braAd.d and AdultorAted loodr, arid the proviaioan or the act8 are dIrected to thr purpose of 8ooura 

th0 purity of 811 artiok8 or r00d ti drugs as 80 defined 

uzdto iniormtha purohaaern ufut th.yare buging. 

ed out in the oaae of ?oohe v. btate, 65 Cr. R. 353 ‘!do?t~. 

267, the objeot o? f&eao l tatutea la to amuro to l&e propie 

good sad uhola8aaM r00d. 

As poirrt d out in ths 0188 0r tit or a -80 V. 

Jachoa, 59 8. Y, T 26) 822, 823, (Can. App. 3 la. ir a rultable m.nt to truuaIt the germs 0r Qphold rever and other 

dIas8aer. %St fX%UfAg 0f WSt.2 d008 AOt dSatrOy thOS0 

prt801a or typhoid germa aor ere l wh destroyed by-mar& Sil- 

. These Impurltiu oan be destroyed or utormlnated 

by dIatillatIm, for the dIatlllatlon of rater ellml.xmtea all 

germ8 a a d gives the l aauraaoe th a t Ioe rupuf&otured thwsfroll 

is free rrom oontamimtigll by dlaoaae worrying gwms. Shua, 

ioe my aoatrla impurltlea Iajurlow to health; rush aa those 

preaaat in the mater itself or tho.e foreign t. th. rater but 

lalIoh Bake their OAtraAo. tharela duo to #cQa iat9 aaresent uh8n ioe le so maautaotured. 

The purpoaoa rtm phioh ioe xa uaed are rurilold. 

Yet, me oi Its more oomon wee la to b. plwod in a drink 

or beverage. A us. vhlnh in dufgaod to be oonsurwd b man 

mmmlly. It au1 be argu.d that an. do.8 not aotua It 

drink 109, for it 18 A0 1o~g.p fee At 8wh tiu: hwever ruoh 

AZ'gUA.At8 vlrtuAlly aucaqmab nom and Ban possibly 1.&l 

to ridloulous deductlena, The ImpOrtant raet is that 100 

will b. ocmowd by man in same fomn or anothes and that lee 

m8yo0~tAinImpurltIe8 injurloua to thehwlthofthepublla. 

fhrt it IS Or pUbu0 GOAQOFA t0 lOtI #iSt w BIUUrSOtWQr8 

of la. elImIAAto a11 0r th. UltpuritiD. that ply be 0aAtAiA.d 

tllefrela. 

Tha owatruatiori 

by the da 

ir 

tmaat P 

laoed upon a regulatory rtatuto 

sat aoasl 

&barged Y th It8 eAfAro.meAt Is a~ impostratian IA oonatrufag its timma. Your l ta tema a t 

that the Bureau 0r Food aAd Drlq$a ha. treAted Ice A8 rood 

ror joy 90rra and tbo rwther iaot that tb. l fr8ot.d Iadwtry 

ha8 eocepted that 6onotru6tlm2 8trengtheAa t& ooncrlurion 

we hve axprermed. 
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Honorablm J. Overby Smith, pago 4 

It la, tharefor8, the opinion of thl8 de 

ttlUnt that loo is to be oonaidered a food under Artiole 469, aupra, 

and a manufaoturor thereof lr roquimd to pay the #LOG ragietration fee aa so provided by the proviaionr of the raid 

l rtiole. 

vary truly your* 

AlYOItl8SX ORMRHAL OF TBXAR 

Prod 6. Chandler 

A~rlrtant 

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