Washington sentinel., 1900-05-05

to be commenced and prosecuted win
out delay for the fines and penalties in
such case provided.
DEFINITIoNs,
SEC That the term "drug," as used
in this act, shall include all medicines
and preparations recognized in the
United States Pharmacop9iai for internal
or external use. The term "food." as
used herein shall include all articles
used for food, drink, confectionery or
condiment bv man or domestic animals,
whether simple, mixed or compound.
| The term ''misbranded, as used herein
shall apply to all drugs, or articles OF
food, or articles which enter into the
composition oil food, the package or
label OF which shall bear any statement
regarding the ingredients or substances
contained in such article, which state
ment shall be false or misleading In any
particular, and to any food or drug
product which is falsely branded as to
the State, Territory, or country in which
it is manufactured or produced.
ADULTkRAIIONSs
SEC That for the purpose OF this
&C: an article shall be deemed to be
adulterated--
In case ofdrugs:
First. If, when a drug is sold under
or by name recognized in the United
States Pharmacop1ia, 1t differs from the
standard of strength, quality or purity,
as determined by the test laid down in
the United States Pharmacopeia,o official
at the time OF the investigation.
Second, II its strength or purity lall
below the professed standard under
which it is sold.
Third. IF it be an imitation of or
offered for sale under the name Of
another article.
In the case OF confectionery:
If it contain terra alba, barytes, tale
chrome yellow, or other mineral sub
stances or poisonous colors or flavors, or
other ingredients deleterious or detri-
mental to health.
In the case Of food:
First, If any substance or substances
has or have been mixed and packed with
1t so as to reduce or lower or injuriously
affect its quality or strength, so that such
product, when offered for sale, shall
deceive or tend to deceive the purchaser.
Second, Iiany substance or substances
has or have been substituted wholly or
in part for the article, so that the product
when sold shall deceive or tend to
deceive the purchaser,
Third. If any valuable constituent of
the article has been wholly or in part
distracted, so that the product. when
sold, shall deceive or tend to deceive
the purchaser.
Fourth. II it be an imitation OF or
offered Tor sale under the specific name
OF another article.
Filth, If 1t be mixed, colored, pow
dered or stained IN a manner whereby
damage or Inieriority is concealed, so
that such product, when sold, shall
deceive or tend to deceive the purchaser.
Sixth. II it contain any added pois-
onous ingredient or any ingredient
which may render such article injurious
TO the health of the person consuming it.
Seventh. If it be labeled or branded
so as to deceive or mislead the pur-
chaser, or purport to be foreign
product when not so. or is an imitation,
either in package or label, Of another
substance of previously established
name, or which has been trademarked
or patented,
Eighth. II it contains a whole or any
part OF diseased, filthy, decomposed
or putrid animal or vegetable substance,
or any portion OF an animal unfit for
| food, whether manufactured or not, or
| if it is the product Of adiseased animal,
or one that has died otherwise than by
slaughter; Provided. That an article OF
food which does not contain any added
poisonous or deleterious ingredients
shall not be deemed to be adulterated
in the following cases:
First. In the case OF mixtures or
compounds which may be now or from
time to time hereafter known as articles
OF food, under their own distinctive
names, and not included in definition
fourth of this section. Second. In the
case OF articles labeled, branded or
tagged so as to plainly II dicate that they
are mixtures, compounds, combinations.
limitations, or blends: Provided. that
the same shall be labeled, branded, or
tagged, as prescribed by the Secretary
of Agriculture, so as to show the exact
character thereof: And provided fur
ther, That nothing in this Act shall be
construed as requiring or compelling
proprietors or manufacturers oil proprie.
tary foods which contain no unWbole.
some added Ingredient to disclose their
trade formulas, except in so far as the
provisions OF this Act may require tc
secure freedom from adulteration OF
imitation; Provided further, That no
dealer shall be convicted under the
provisions OF this Act when he IS able to
prove a written guaranty OF purity, in a
form approved by the Secretary o
Agriculture. as published in his rules
and regulations, signed by the manu-
facturer, or the party or parties from
whom be purchased said articles
Provided also, That said guarantor OF
Suarantors reside in the United States
Said guaranty shall contain the full name
and address OF the party or partie:
making this sale to the dealer, and saic
party or parties shall be amenable tC
the prosecutions, fines, and other penal
ties which would attach in due course tC
the dealer under the pro visions OF THU
act