The National tribune., 1907-02-07
"FOOD AND DRUGS ACT"
Regulations Adopted by the Secretaries of Three Departments for
Its Interpretation and Application.

| (c) The term narcotic drugs in
cludes all the drugs mentioned in sec
| ton s, Food and Drugs act, June 80
| 1906, relating to foods, their deriva-
| tives and preparations, and all other
| drugs of narcotic nature.
Regulation IL. Substances Mkt and
Packed With Foods.
No substance may be mkt or packed
with food product which will reduce
or lower its quality or strength. Not
excluded under this provision are sub
stances properly used in the prepara-
| ton of food products for clarilication OF
| refining, and eliminated in the further
process of manufacture.
| Regulation IL. ColOring. POwderinG,
CoatinE and Staining.
(a) Only harmless colors may be
| used in food products.
OBJ The reduction of substance to
a powder 10 conceal inferiority in char
acter is prohibited.
(c) The term powdered" means the
application of any powdered substance
to the exterior portion of articles of
food, or the reduction of a substance
to powder.
Cd The term coated" means the
application of any substance to the eX-
terror portion of food product.
(e) The term stain includes any
change produced by the addition of any
substance to the exterior portion OF
foods which in any way alters their
natural tint.
Regulation i3. Natural Poisonous or De-
Iescrious Ingredients.
Any food product which contains
naturally a poisonous or deleteriouS in
gredient does not come within the pro-
visions of the Food and Drugs act, June
rt-Ia t1,n n
such ingredient is due to filth, putres-
cence, or decomposition.
Regulation II. External Application of
Personalities
(a) Poisonous or deleterious preser
vatives shall only be applied externally.
and they and the food products shall be
of character which shall not permit
the permeation of any of the preserva-
tive to the interior, or any portion of
the interior, of the product.
(b) When these products are ready
for consumption, if any portion of the
added preservative shall have penetrat-
ed the food product, then the proviso
of section Z, paragraph S, under
Foods" shall not obtain, and such food
products shall then be subject to the
regulations for food products in gen.
eral.
(c) The preservative applied must be
of such a character that, until removed,
the food products are inedible.
Regulation Is. Wholesomeness of ColOrs
and Prescrvatives.
(a) Respecting the wholesomeness of
colors, preservatives, and other SUD-
stances which are added to foods the
Secretary of Agriculture shall deter
mine from chemical or other eXamina-
ton, under the authority of the Agri-
cultural Appropriation act. Public 3s2.
approved June 80, 1906, the names of
those substances which are permitted
or inhibited in food products; and suci:
findings, when approved by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and the Secretary
of Commerce and Labor, shall become
a part of these regulations.
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture
shall determine from time to time, in
accordance with the authority conferred
by the Agricultural Appropriation act,
Public 3S2, approved June 80, 1906, the
principles which shall guide the use of
colors. preservatives, and other sub
stances added to foods; and when con-
CURED in by the Secretary of the Treas
ury and the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor, the principles so established
shall become a part of these regula-
tions.
Regulation 18. Character of the Raw
Materials.
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture,
when he deems it necessary, shall ex-
anime the raw materials used in the
of food and drug products,
and determine whether any filthy, de-
composed, or putrid substance is used
in their preparation.
OBJ The Secretary of Agriculture
shall make such inspections as often as
he may deem necessary.