The times., 1898-01-25
TdE PURE FOOD BILL PASSES
1t Receives Favorable Action By
the House.
The Measn re Is Intended to Prevent
the Sale Of AduIterated Commod-
ities in the District.

The House yesterday passed the bill
relating to the adulteration of foods
ana drugs in the District.
| 1t provides that no person shall sell
or have in his possession for sale or
exchange any article of food or drug
| which is adulterated. The term "drug"
| as used in this act shall include all
! medicines for external or internal use,
| antiseptics, disinfectapts, and cosmet-
les. The term food shall include con-
| fectionery, condiments. and all articles
| used Tor foed or drink by man, ana IL
| there be more than one uuailty OF any
| article of food or drug known by the
same name the, best quality thereof
| shall be furnished to the purchaser,
unless he otherwise requests at the
| time of making such purchase, or un-
less he be notified at such time OF the
inferior quality of the article delivered.
| In the case of drugs adulteration
shall mean, first, when sold undef or
| by a name recognized In the united
| States Pharmacopoeia, 1t dliterS from
| the standard of strength, quality, or
purity laid down in the edition there
! of at the time official; second II,
| when sold under or by a name not rec
ogniZed in the United States Pharma-
copoeia but which is found in the Ger
man. French or English pharmaco-
poeia il differs from the strength, quail
| ity. or purity laid down therein; third,
/ if, when sold, il Is, not composed OF
all the ingredients advertised or print
| ed or written on the bottles, wrappers,
or labels of or on or with the patented
medicine. compounded drug or MKT
ure;
| Provided That if the defendant in
any prosecution under this act in re-
spect to the sale of any such patented
medicine. compound drug, or nilxi dre,
shall prove TO the satisfaction OF the
court that he had purchased the afu-
Gle in question as the same In nature
substance, and quality as that demand
ed of him by the purchaser, ana with
a written warranty TO that effect, tnal
| he had no reason to believe at the
time when he sold it that the article
was otherwise. and that he sold II III
| the same state as when he purchased
| il he shall be discharged from the
prosecution.
In the case of food, first. If any sub
stance or substances have been mixed
with il so as to reduce or lower or IN
juriously affect its quality or strength
second, if an inferior or cheaper SUP
stance or substances have beeh supsu-
tuted wholly or in part for it; third, II
any valuable constituent has been
wholly or in part distracted from IT.
fourth, If it is an imitation OF or is
sold under the name of another arti-
| Gle; fifth, if it consists wholly OF III
mart of a diseased. decomposeu, putrla'
or rotten animal or vegetable, whether
manufactured or not; sixth. II 1t is col.
| ored. coated, polished, or poWuered
! whereby damage is concealed, or II IL Is
made to appear better or OF greater
| ic- SaNAnth If If
| contains any added poisonous ingre-
dent or any ingredient which may
| render it injurious to the health OF
person consuming it; eighth, IN the
| case of milk If ii contains less than
3i5 pei, cent. of fat, less than per
| cent of solids not fat, and contains
| more than S712 per cent OF water: IN
| the case of cream, If ii contains less
| than 20 per cent of butter fat: ninth.
| in the case of butter or cheese, IL IL is
| not made exclusively from milk or
| cream. or both. with or without COM
| mon salt: the butter, if 1t contains
| more than u per cent. of water, more
| than 5 pelr cent. of salt and less lhah
| So per cent. of fat; tenth, in the case
! of coffee, if it is not composed enpreiy
| of the seed OF the coffea Arabioa; eleF-
| enth, in the case OF lard. II it IS nor
made exclusively from the rendered
| case of tea, if it is not composed IN
| tireIv of the genuine leaf of the tea
! pIant not exhausted: thirteenth, in the
| case of all kinds of vinegar, IL 1t ccn-
| tains acidity equivalent to the presence
| of less than per cent. OF absolute
acetic acid. and cider vinegar, If 1t is
not made from the pure apple Juice ana
| contains less that / $40 per cent. OF
| total solids; fourteenth, in the case Of
e i, Ja fr,., he lpoifi-
mate product of pure apple juice; in
the case of wines and fruit juices. If
they are not made from the pure fruit
as represented and in the case of ci
der Wines fruit juices and malt
liquors, If not free from sahcylic, acid
Oh other praservatives, and in the case
of malt liquors If not free from piric
acid, coculas indicus, colchicine, colo
cy-nth aloes and wormwood; fifteenth,
in the case of glucose, If 1t contains
more than 1-100 per cent. ASH; sew
enteenth, in the case Of bread, if there
is any addition of alum, sulphate of
copper and copper, borax or sulphate
OF zinc, or other poisonous or harmful
ingredient and if 1T contains more than
g. per cent. of moisture, more than ?
per cent of ash, and less than 25-190
per cent. of albuminoids; eighteenth, in
the case of olive oil, if It is not made
exclusively from the OilNe perry tOle1
Europaea), and its specific gravity at
Is clio degrees centigrade $50 degrees
FahrenheiD actual density to be not
more than 917 1-1000 nor less than
914 1-1000.
Provided. That an offenss shall not
be deemed to be committed under this
section in the following cases, that is
to say, first, where the order calls for
an article Of food or drug inferior 20
such standard. or where such differ
ence is made known by being plainly
written or printed on the package. sec
ond where the article of food or drug
is mixed with any matter or ingredient
not injurious to health and not intend
ed fraudulently to increase its bulk,
weight, or measure or conceal its infe-
rior quality if at the time such article
is delivered to the purchaser it is made
known TO him that such article of tood
or drug is SO mixed.
That it shall be the duty of the health
officer of the District of olumbia, un-
der the direction of the Commissioners
of said District, TO adopt such meas
ures as may be necessaIy.~to facilitate
the enforcement hereof, and prepare
rules and regulations with regard TO
the proper method of collecting and eX-
anining drugs and articles of food in
the District Persons convicted OF Vi
oIating this law shall be punished by
a fine of not less than s. nor more than
S10o.