, 1903-03-12
CHEMIST
OF STATE WILL CARRY OUT PRO-
VISIONS OF THE PURE
FOOD BILL.
Attention Of Grocers, Druggists and
Saloon Keepers Called to the Ne
cessity Of Informing Themselves
Of the New Requirements-Bulle-
tin by the State Chemist.

keepers of Wyoming:
The last legislature passed a stringent
law prohibiting the adulteration and mis-
branding of foods, drugs and drinks and
the professor of chemistry of the Univer-
sity of Wyoming has been made state
chemist to carry out the provisions of
the act. The attention of all concerned
is therefore called to the necessity of in
forming themselves of the new require
mere in order that by the time it goes
i'to effect, Sept. 80, 1908, they may have
20 goods i'll stock which they could not
legally sell. In buying goods hereafter,
all local dealers should protect them;
selves financially as far as possible by Sc
curing a written guarantee from the
manufacturer that the articles are not
adulterated within the meaning of the
law and are properly labeled. A copy of
the law is published by this station in
Bulletin No. Sc, together with the report
Of such analyses of foods as have been
made by the Station, and this bulletin
will be sent to any address free of
charge. The scope of the new law is in
dicated by the following extract:
Sec. 6. No person or persons shall,
within the State of Wyoming, manufac-
ture for sale, offer for sale, or sell any
drug or article of food or drink which is
adulterated within the meaning of this
Act.
Sec. 7. The term drug" as used in
this Act, shall include all medicines for
internal or external use, antiseptics, dis
infectants and cosmetics. The term
food as used in this Act, shall include
all articles used for food, whether sim
pie, mixed or compound, the term
drinks shall include all drinks, wheth-
er distilled, brewed, simple, mixed or
compound, including mineral waters
which shall be used as food, medicines or
beverages by any person or persons while
in the State of Wyoming, whether a citi-
zen or not.
Sec. 8, An article shall be deemed to
be adulterated within the meaning of
this Act.
(a) In case of drugs: (1) If, when
sold under or by the name recognized in
the United States Pharmacopoeia, it diff
fers from the standard of strength, quail
ity or purity laid down therein; (2) If,
when sold under or by the name no rec
ognized in the United States Pharmaco-
poeia but which may be found in some
other pbarmacopoeia, or other standard
work on materia medica, it differs ma
terially from the standard of strength,
quality or purity laid down in such
work; 20 If its strength, quality or
purity Falls below the professed standard
under which it is sold. (b) In case OF
food: If any substance or substances
have been mixed with it, Sc as to lower
or depreciate, or injuriously affect its
quality, strength or purity; (2) If any
inferior or cheaper substance or sub
stances have been substituted wholly or
in part for it; 60 If any valuable or
necessary constituent or ingredient has
been wholly or in part substracted from
it; CD If il is an imitation of or sold
under the name of another article; 50
If it consists wholly or in part, of a dis
eased ~decomposed, putrid, infected,
tainted or rotten animal or vegetable
substance or article, whether manufac-
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