The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-07-15
No. SCI
AN ACT.

! Be it enacted by the General assembly of til,
STATE Of Louisiana:
SECTION 1. No person shall within
this State, manufacture have offer to,
. sale or sell any article of food or drugs
which is adulterated, and any person
violating this provision shall be deem.
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by fine
not exceeding fifty dollars for the first
oifense, and not exceeding one hundred
dollars for each subsequent offense.
SEC. .. Be it further enacted. etc.,
An article shall be deemed aduIterated
within the meaning of this act, in the
case of drugs if when sold under a name
recognized i'll the1 United States Phar-
macopocia its strength or purity fall
below tho professed standard under
which it is sold.
And in the case Of food or drink if
any substance has been mixed with it,
so as to lower or injuriously affect its
quality or strength, or if any inferior
or cheaper substance or substances have
been substituted wholly or in part for
the pure article, or to mix any SUBJ
stance in food or drink so sold, or to
sell the same so mixed which by its
use will effect in any extent the public
health or injure the health of the con-
sumner of said food or drink.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
No person shall manufacture, sell or
offer for sale within this State, any
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tea, butter, cheese, or any other article
to be consumed as food or drink, un-
less the package when sold at whole
sale or the package from which it is
taken when sold at retail be stamped
in plain large letters, showing the true
quality and kind Of the articles sold
within the meaning of this act, and
every person violating the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall upon con-
viction pay fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, or be sentenced to imprison-
ment for not more than ten days or
both at the discretion of tho Court.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That any person who knowingly sells |
any article of food or drink with a stamp
as provided aforesaid, and the article so
sold is not the article it purports to be
or inferior quality shall be deemed |
guilty of a ,nisdemeanor, and upon con-
viction shall pay fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
The State Board Of Health shall take
cognizance Of the interests of the public
health as it relates to the sale of food
and drugs, and the adulteration of the
same and make all necessary investiga-
tions and inquiries relative thereto, and
at any time when in their judgment
necessary they shall chemically analyze
any drug or drugs, articles of food
and drink, and shall publish the results
of their analysis together with the
name of the article or articles analysed
public health, and 10 warn the public
against its consumption.
On application of any citizen they
shall also analyze the article or articles
presented for analysis by him, but in
this case he shall pay such fees for
said analysis as the Board OF Health
may fix.
SEC. G. BE it further enacted, etc.,
On application of the Board of Health
through the officer, to be selected by
them, every person manufacturing or
selling any article of food Or drugs shall
be bound of furnish sample of the
said articles SO manufactured or sold to
the said Board, sufficient in quantity
to serve the purpose of analysis under
a penalty of not more than twenty
dollars to be recovered before any court
of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That this Act shall take effect sixty days
after the promulgation thereof.
r. n. OGDEN.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEO. L. WALTON.
President pro tenn, of the Senate.
Approved July 5, 1882.