The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-09
DRUG LAW WENT
INTO EFFECT JAN. |
CONTENTS TO Be PLAINLY STATED
'isitIler Upon Each Individual Pack.
age or in Certificate Made to
Secretary of Agriculture.

The new United States drug law
went into effect on the first day of
January. In some places, particular
~ in the largest cities, it occasioned
a great deal OF work for druggists,
since all the medicines and pack
ages of drugs, ETC., they had on hand
then had to be stamped with the
words 20. X, December 81, 1906"
The new pure drug law only applied
to drugs purchased or received by
the druggist after the first day of
this year, and for future reference
the druggist is required to know
what part of his stock was on hand
when the law went into effect and
what part of it was subject to the
changes.
Locally the new law went into eff
feet without working any great
hardship on the dealers There is
difference of opinion as to wheth-
err the contents of each bottle or
kind of medicine must bear the de-
scription of contents of tie pack
age. Some manufacturers are print
ing the formulate on the wrapper of
the package, others are filing copy
OF it with the secretary OF agricul-
ture, who issues number, and only
requires that each package repre-
senting the formulate shall bear this
number conspicuously displayed. Tbs
law reads that all patent medicines
must bear label giving a list of
names and amounts, OF the number
OF grains of opium, acetanalid, NOR
prime and other opiates or poisons,
including the percentage of alcohol.
the government inspectors who will
be employed to attend to the en-
1orcement of the new law will have
no means of determining whether a
medicine has been shipped from the
factory before or after the new
law became effective unless the bot
ties on hand December 81, 1906. are
labeled.
The provisions of the new law af-
fecting the drug business follows:
Section g. That the term drug"
rs used in this act, shall include all
medicines and preparations recognize
ed in the United States Pharmaco-
peia or National Formulary for in
ternal use, and any substance or
mixture of substances intended to be
used for the cure, mitigation or pre-
vention of diseases of either man or
other animals.
Section z. That for the purposes
of this act an article shall be deemed
10 be adulterated:
First-lf when a drug is sold un-
der or by name recognized in the
United States Pharmacopeia or Ma.
tional Formulary, it differs from the
standard of strength, quality or pur-
ity, as determined by the test laid
down in the United States Pharmac-
opeai or National Formulary official
ut the time of investigation; provid-
ed. that no drug defined in the Unit
ed States Pharmacopeia or National
Formulary shall be deemed to be
adulterated under this provision if
The standard of strength, quality or
purity be plainly stated upon the
bottle. box or other container there
of, although the standard may differ
from that determined by the test
laid down in the United States Phar.
macopeia or National Formulary.
Second-If it's strength or purity
shall fall below the professed stand
ard or quality under which it is sold.
Section s. That the term, mis-
branded as used herein shall APP
ply to all drugs or articles of food.
or articles which enter into the COM
position of food, the package or label
of which shall bear any statement,
design or device, Regarding such arti-
Gle, or the ingredients or substances
n hfab han l,A
false or misleading in any particular,
and to any food or drug products
which is falsely branded as to the
state, territory, or country in which
il is produced.
That for the purpose of this act
an article shall also be deemed to b.
misbranded
First-If 1t be an imitation of, or
offered for sale under the name OF
another article.
Second-lf the contents of the
package as originally put up shall
have been removed, in whole or in
part, and other contents shall have
been placed in such package. or II
the package fail to bear a statement
on the label of the quantity or pro-
portion of any alcohol, morphine.
opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or
beta. eucaine. chloroform. cannabis.
indca. choral hydrate. or acentana-
lid or any derivative or preparation
of any such substance contained
therein.
Section .. That no dealer shall
be prosecuted under the provisions
of this act when he can establish
guaranty signed by the wholesal-
er, iobber. manufacturer or other