The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-28
PURE FOOD BILL IN SHAPE.
TIE CONFERENCE REPORT sur
MITTED TO 10Th HOUSES.

II Forbids the Manufacture or Sale Of Any
Article OF Food. Drugs. Medicine or
Liquor which Is AduItcrated or Mis-
branded or which Contains ANY Poison.
WASHINGTON. June 27.-The conference
report on the pure food bill was submitted
to the House and Senate to-day, and II
adopted by both houses will make many
radical changes in existing law.
The bill as agreed upon makes II a mis-
demeanor for any person to manufacture,
sell or offer for sale any article OF food,
drugs. medicine or liquor which is adulter-
ated or misbranded or which contains
any poisonous or deleterious substance.
II declares that any article OF food shall be
declared to be misbranded IL 1t contains
any substance which has been mixed and
packed with 1t 30 as to reduce or lower
or injuriously affect its quality or strength;if
any substance has been substituted wholly
or in part for the article; il any aluable
constituent Of the article has been wholly
or in part distracted; if it be mixed, colored,
powdered, coated or stained in a manner
whereby damage or inferiority is concealed,
or il 1t contains any added poisonous or
deleteripus ingredient which renders 1t
injurious to health. There is a provision,
however, which permits the use of external
application OF preservatives which may
be removed mechanically without injury
to the product and which are intended to
preserve it for shipment. This clause will
permit the use of borax in connection with
dried Goldfish and export meats, from which
the borax is washed of before it is used for
food.
tits a lso forbidden to use in whole or
in part any filthy, decomposed or putrid
animal or vegetable substance, orthe prod
net Of a disc ased animal or one that has
died otherwise than b~y'slaughter.
In the case Of drugs it provides that
when a drug is sold under a name recognized
in the United States pharmacoppia, or
national formulary, and it differs from
the standard Of strength, quality or purity
as determined by the test laid down therein
it shall be deemed to be .adulterated, but
if it do es differ it shall be plainly stated
upon the bottle or box.
Confe ctionery must not contain terra
alba, barytes, tale, chrome yellow or other
mineral substances or poisonous colors or
favors, or other ingredients deleterious
10 health, or any vinous, malt or ~spirituous
liquors, or compound or narcotic drugs.
The term food" is construed to include
not only food proper, but drink or condi-
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Of food and drink which do not contain the
added poisons or deleterious ingredients
are not deemed to he adulterated or mis-
branded il their labels plainly indicate that
they are limitations, compounds or blends.
The term blend, however, is construed to
mean a mixture of like substances, not in
Guiding harmless c~oloring or favoring
ingredients.
1t is not required that manufacturer Of
proprietary food which contains no harm
full ingredients shall disclose their trade
formulas. A food is held to be misbranded
IL it is an imitation or offered for sale under
the distinctive name of another article, or
If it is branded 40 as TO deceive or mislead
the purchaser, or purport TO be a foreign
product when it is not or II it fails to bear
a statemen mt on its label Of the Qua nifty
OF proportion of any morphine. opium,
cocaine or like poisonous substance.
In the case Of drugs they are held to be
misbranded if the case in which they are
put up fails to bear a statement on the label
of the quantity of alcohol, morphine, opium,
cocaine, chloroform or like poisonous sub
stances, or any derivative or preparation
of such substances.
For violation Of the terms Of the bill a
fine is to be imposed for each offence not to
exceed $500 or one year s imprisonment, or
both, in the discretion Of the court, and for
each subsequent offence, a fine OF not less
than 81 900 and a years imprisonment.
The conferees eliminated from the bill
the House provision for the fixing by the
Department of Agriculture of standards Of
food.