Washington sentinel., 1900-05-05

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istry, hygiene, commerce and manuiac'
lures, to consider Jointly the standards
OF all food products (wlthln the meaning
of this act), and to study the effect oil the
preservatives and other substances
added to food products on the health OF
the consumer; and when SO determined
and approved by the Secretary OF
Agriculture such standards shall guide
the chemists of the Department OF
Agriculture in the performance of the
duties imposed upon them by this act
and shall remain the standards before
all the United States courts. 1t shall be
the duty Of the Secretary OF Agriculture,
either directly or through the director
of the bureau of chemistry and the
chairman OF the committee on food
standards Oi the Association Of Official
Agricultural Chemists aud the r-.-die y
officers and experts before mentioned,
to confer with and consult, when so
requested, the duly accredited represen'
tatives of all industries producing
articles for which standards shall be
established under the provisions Of this
act.
Sec. s. That every person who
manufactures or produces for shipment
and delivers for transportation within
the District of Columbia or any Terri
tory, or who manufactures or produces
for shipment or delivers for transporta-
ton from any State, Territory, or the
District of Columbia, or to any foreign
country, any drug or article Of food, and
every person who exposes for sale or
delivers to purchaser in the District o.
Columbia or any Territory any drug or
article ofiood manufactured or produced
within said District of Columbia or said
Territory, or who exposes Tor sale or
delivers for shipment any drug or
article of food received from a State,
Territory, or the District Of Columbia
other than the State, Territory, or the
District OF Columbia n which he exposes
for sale or delivers such drug or article
of food, or from any foreign country
shall furnish within business hours, and
upon tender and full payment of the
selling price, a sample OF such drugs or
articles of food to any person duly
authorized by the Secretary Of Agricul-
ture to receive the same, and who shall
spply to such manufacturer, producer,
or vender, or person delivering TO
purchaser such drug or article of food,
for such sample for such use, in sufficient
quantity for the analysis of any such
article or articles in his possession. And
in the presence Of such dealer and an
agent Of the Department OF Agriculture,
il 50 desired by either party, said sample
shall be divided into three parts, and
each part shall be sealed by the seal Of
the Department OF Agriculture. One
part shall be left with the dealer, one
Delivered TO the director "a The bui au
OF chemistry of the Department OF
Agriculture. and one deposited with the
United States district attorney for the
district in which the sample IS taken.
Said manufacturer, producer, or dealer
may have the sample lett with him
analVzed at his own expense, and If the
results oi such analysis differ from those
of the Department of Agriculture the
sample in the hands of the district
attorney may be analVzed at the expense
OF the said manufacturer or dealer by a
third chemist, who shall be appointed
by the president of the Association of
Official Agricultural Chemists of the
United States; and the analysis shall be
conducted, if so desired. in the presence
of a chemist OF the Department OF
Agriculture and chemist representing
the dealer, and the whole data obtained
shall be laid before the court.
Sec. 9 That any manufacturer,
producer, or dealer who refuses to-
comply, upon demand, with the require
ments of section eight OF this act shall
be guilty of misdemeanOr, and upon
conviction shall be fined not exceeding
one hundred dollars, or imprisonment
not exceeding one hundred days, or
both. And any person found guilty Of
manufacturing or offering for sale, or
selling, an adulterated, impure, or
misbranded article Of food or drug in
violation OF the provisions OF this act
shall be adJudged to pay, in addition to
the penalties hereinbefoge provided for,
all the necessary costs and expenses
incurred in inspecting and analyzing
such adulterated articles which said
person may have been found guilty OF
manufacturing. selling, or Offering for
sale.
Sec. 10. That this act shall not be
construed to interfere with commerce
wholly internal IN any State, nor with
the exercise OF theiT police powers by
the several States.
sec. II. That any article of food or
drug that is adulterated or misbranded
within the meaning Of this act, and is
transported or being transported from
one State to another for sale, or if it be
sold or offered for sale in the District OF
Columbia and the Territories OF the
United States, or if it be imported from
foreign country for sale, or if intended
for export TO foreign country, shall be
liable to be proceeded against IN any
district court OF the United States
within the district where the same is
found and seized for conhscation, by a
process OF ibelfor condemnation, And
if such article is condemned as being
adulterated the same shall be disposed
OF as the said court may direct, and the
proceeds thereof, if sold, less the Legal
costs and charges, shall be paid into the
Treasury of the United States, but such
goods shall not be sold in any Stale
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