The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-07-01

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| The following is the bill to prohibit
the adulteration Of food, drugs and
drink as it passed the house on the esd:
SECTION /. No person shall within
this state manufacture, have, offer for
sale or sell any article Of food or drugs
which is adulterated, and any person
violating this provision shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con-
yiction shall be punished by fine not
exceeding $50 for the first offense and
not exceeding 500 for each subse-
quent offense.
SEC. 2. An article shall be deemed
adulterated within the meaning Of this
act, in case of drugs, if, when sold un-
der name recognized in the United
States pharmacopeia, its strength or
purity falls below the professed stand
ard 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 orin part, for the pure article;
or to mix any substance in food or
drink so sold, or to sell the same so
mixed, which by its use win affect in
any extent the public health or injuro
the health of the consumer of said food
or drink.
SEC. 8. No person shall manufac-
ture, sell or offer for sale within the
state, any drugs or groceries, such as
sugar, coffee, tea, butter, cheese or any
other article to be consumed as food
or drink until the package when sold at
wholesale, on the package from which
it is taken when sold ut retail, shall be
stamped in large letters, showing the
true quality and kind Of articles sold
within the meaning Of this act, and
every person violating the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanar, and shall upon con-
viction pay fine of not less than $25
and not more than $50, or DO sentenced
to Imprisonment for not more than 10
days, or both, at the discretion Of the
court.
SEC. 4. That any person who, know
ingly, sells any articles Of food or drink
with stamp, as provided aforesaid,
and the article SO sold is mot the article
it purports to be or is inferior in
quality, shall be deemed guilty of a
and upon conviction
shall pay fine not exceeding 500,
Sec. 5. The State Board of Health
shall take cognizance of the interest of
public health as it relates to the sale
Of food and drugs and the adulteration
of the same, and make necessary in
yestigations and inquiries thereto, and
at any time when in their Judgment it
is necessary, they shall chemically an
aIyze any drugs or articles of food aud
drink, and shall publish the result of
their analyses with the name of the ar
Licle or articles analysed in case the
same be deIeterious to the public health
and to warn the public against its CON
On the application of any
citizen, they shall also analyse the ar
Licle or articles presented for analyza-
tion by him, but in this case he shall
pay such fees of said analyses as the
Board of Health may fix.
SEC. o. On application Of the Board
1f Health, through the officer to be
selected by them, every person manu-
.acturing or selling any article Of food
or drugs shall be bound to furnish
sample of said articles SO manufactured
II sold, to said board, sufficient in
luantity to serve the purposes of anal
isis, under penalty of not more than
$50, to be levied by any court Of com
,etent jurisdiction.