The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-08-20
CHAPTER 517o-CNo. ssl

An Act to Prevent the Adulteration of Food
and Drugs, and to Provide Penalty for
the Violation of this Act.
Be Z Enacted BY the Legislature of the State Of
Florida:
Section l. That no person shall mix, color,
stain or powder, or order, or permit any other
person to mix, color stain, or powder any ar
ticle of food or drugs with any ingredient or
material so as to render the article injurious
to health, or manufacture any article of food
which shall be composed in whole or in part
OF diseased, decomposed, offensive, or unclean
animal or vegetable substance with the intent
that the same may be sold in the said State,
and no person shall sell any such article so
mixed, colored stained, powdered, OF manu-
featured.
Any person violating this section shall be
guilty OF msdemsanor, and for each Of
Tense be fined not exceeding two hundred
dollars for the first offense, and for each SUBJ
sequent oHense not exceeding three hundred
dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or both, in the discretion of the court
Sec Quality and Potency of Drugs
That no person shall, except for the. purpose
OF compromising as hereinafter described mix,
color, stain, or powder, or order or permit any
other person to mix color, stain or powder
any drug with any ingredient or material so az
to AFFECT injuriously the quality or potency Of
such drug, with intent that the same may be
sold in said State and no person shall sell any
such drug so mixed, colored, stained or pow.
dered, under the same penalty in each case
trst and subsequent ofense.
Sec. 3. Ignorance of Adulteration.-That no
person shall be liable to be convicted under
either OF the two last foregoing sections Of
ms act IN respect OF the sale Of any article Of
iood, or OF any drug, If he shows to the sat
isiaction OF the court before whom he Is
charged that he did not know Of the article or
drug sold by him being so mixed eolored,
stained or powdered, as in either of those sec.
tons mentioned, and that he could not with
reasonable diligence have obtained that
knowledge.
Sec. 4 Fraudulent Additions or AduItera-
s uoH rs no person shall sell any article
OF food or drug which Is not Of the nature.
substance, and quality Of the article as repre-
scented by the vendor and any person violating
tnis section shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor,
Sft,, lot me first otense be fined not exceeding
hlty dollars and for each subsequent, not eS.
eeeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment
is to say -
First, Where any matter or ingredient not
injurious to health has been added 10 the
1000 or drug because the same Il reouired TO-
s sn.. production or preparation thereof as an
el"Sie OF commerce, In a state fl for carriage
~ consumption, and not fraudulently 10 in
or A. ne oulk weight or measure Of the food
VI euIug' or conceal the inferior quality thereof
second, Where the drug or food Is a pro.
prietary medicine. P'
ihird Where the food or drug Is compound.
co as authorized by this act.
rourth' Where the food or drug Il unavoid-
S,Dy mixed with some extraneous ,nst,er a.
PROCESS OF collection or preparation.
~ o. ingredients must be n arcord.ncs
s III purchasers demand.
.ta;n nat no person shrH self anv oomoound
49, VI 1000 or compounded drug which NJ
Win ,Iposed OF ingredients In accordance
A. ue demand Of the purchaser
guilty pSison violating this section shall be
10y :" misdemeanor and 6ned NOT ex-
eeeding fifty dollars; Provide tn, n no g
~ shal be guilty Of such offenss a. 49,
oa'u N respect Of the sale of an article ~ ia
~, ~ mixed with any matter or ir0redi-
irs,,S 49,. injurious TO health, and NOT iftended
un.ss.sHuy TO increase Il In bulk weight or
~ ,tI' OF conceal its inferior ouaIitv N AZ
han sa' on delivering such article or dr.o he
no,ieppy 70 the person receiving The same
written - q label distinctly and iegibIy
n drug ~ printed on or with the article or
sec. Subtraction on Tn@,.Ssa.s." u n,
- shaii, with the intent ne, a.. -. -.. ..
ice 80 selu IN ITS altered state without no
,art ~ n ae' rom any article Of food anv
tv so 80 as 70 affect iniuriousiv H. anal
IN 49,, s or nature. and no nerson sbsu
ios,,,. 1nsle 80 altered without mslin, djs'
.iatine az 'he alteration, and anv nerso, "a.
-ufltv provision Of this section sbsIi 10
eeding o. lls9emeanor and fined NOT ex-
80 Must prove condi,io.. -
~ a sec % That IN anv NJ. uasl pIo-
ne 49, aO'; where the fact Of An sr,icft 6a,,-
Il N ,h soiu IN mixed state bas Me-, 49,.
n nro,{' uelenaant shall desire A rent 80
umbent ,'. soh,ained In this act Il sbaii ~ ~
Sec uppn MIN 20 prove same
hat II tbe ~ lgnorant Of Adulteration.-
er this aot ,.a"nt IN any prosecution IN
prove TO the satisfaction Of the