The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-20
PURE FOOD BILL PASSED.
Prohibits Sale or Shipment Of Adul-
ierated or Mlsbranded Products.
PROTESTS OF THE PACKERS IGNORED
Hepburn and Others Opposed the Meas
ure Because Il Was Not Drastic
Enough to Accomplish Reform,

Washington. December lo.--The house to-
day passed the pure food bill by vote Of
- TO Il. There was not q quorum present.
but the point was not raised by the OPP
ponents Of the measure. The speakers TO.
day were Messrs. Richardson (Aial, Hep
burn Qowa), Gaines (Tenu) and Schirm
Md. for the measure, and Mr.. Chandler
CMiss) against It.
The bill inhibits the introduction into any
State or Territory or the District Of Co
lumbia from any other state or Territory
or the District OF Columbia. or from any
foreign country or the shipment to any for
eign country ot any article Of food or drug
which is adulterated or misbranded, The
above inhibition is made to apply TO any
one shipping, delivering or receiving within
the regions named any such goods SO adult
Grated. Authorizations IN the bill are de-
I'm the case OF drugs, n sold under
name recognized In the United states phar-
Standards OF strength, quality or purity, as
| determined by the test l1id down IN sucn
! pharnaCopoeia at the time Of tnveatiga-
Ilon, SO that It's strength or purity fails be
| low the professed standard under which IL
! is Sold II II be an imitation or Is offered
I for sale under the name ot another article,
and. in the case Of confectionery, II IL
/ contains terra alba. baryites tale, chrome
/ yellow or other mineral substances or pois.
/ OuOuS COlOrS or naNCr6. IN the case OF
| foods when any substance is mixed with 1t
/ so as to lower or iuiuriously affect Its DUAL.
| ity or strength So that such product when
offered for sale shall tend to deceive the
/ purchaser
| III any substance OF substances has been
/ substituted so that the product when sold
shall tend to deceive the purchasers. II any
valuable constituent of an article has been
/ wholly or va part abstractCd If - be an
! imitation for sale under the distinctive
name Of another article; II IT be mixed, col
| ored, powdered or stained 10 a manner
! whereby damage or infcriurity is ConccnlCdi
! " II contain any added Or poisonous In
/ gradients which may render such article
Injurious TO health. II II Is falsely labeled
| as q foreign product, or initiation OF another
substance Of a previously established name
| or which has been trade marked or pat
cnted; II IL consists In whole or In part OF
| q filthy, decompOsed or putrid animal ol
| vegetable substance or any portion Of AMI
NAL unit for food, or II It is the product Of
| diseased animal or one that has died
otherwise than by slaughter
The last section OF the bin provides that
any article OF food or drug that is adulter
atcd or misbrauded within the meaning o,
this bill, and is transported or being trans
ported from one State TO another for sule
or " II be sold In the District Of Columbia
or tho Territories. or II it be imported from
"a foreign country. shall no liable to con
fscatiou by a process Of libel Tor Condemna
tion In the United States courts Sucl
goods, It is also provided shall not ho sol,
in any State contrary to the laws thereof