The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-08-23
GOD LAW.
Measure That Has lust
Gone Into Effect
)SSED LAST WINTER.

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Isl Law Makes 1t Illegal For Any
One to Sell In South Carolina Any
Adulteratcd Food or Drug OF, Sell
tsse same Under &c False Label and
8 Prescribes Heavy penalties Tor vio-
latiag It.
The pure food law passed at the
last session of the Legislature went
INTO effect last Tuesday. The law
was made to supplement the food
End drug law passed by Congress,
nd is quite sweeping in, it's provis-
ions. The full text of.the law is pub
lished below:
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of South Caro-
lima:
Section 1. That it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to manufacture
or sell, or offer for sale, any article
of food or drugs which is adultera-
ted or ~misbranded within the mean
ing ofSehis Act, and any.person who
shall violate any of the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty
Of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding fifty dollars or by i'm
prisonment not exceeding fifteen
days for the first offence, and one
hundred dollars or thirty days inn
prisonment for each subsequent Of
fence. =.
Section g. That the terms drug"
as used in this Act, shall include all
medicines and preparations recogniz-
ed in the United States Pharmacop-
oeia or National Formulary or u. S.
Dispensatory for internal or external
use, and any substance or mixture
of substances intended, to be used for
the cure, mitigation or prevention of
disease of either man or other ami
mails. The term food" as used
herein, SHALL include all articles used
for fooa, drink. confectionery, or
condiment by man or other animals,
whether simple, mixed or compound.
Section 3. That for the purpose Of
this Act an article shall be deemed to
be adulterated: In case of drugs and
ilavOring extracts: First. If. when
a drng or 1avoring extract is sold
under or by a name recognized in
the United States Pharmacopoeia or
National Formulary or u. S. Dispen-
satory, it differs from or does not
conform to the standard of strength,
quality or purity. as determined by
the test laid down in the United
States Pharmacopoeia, National For
mulary, or u. S. Dispensatory, Off
cial at the time Of investigation.
In the case Of confectionery:
If it contains terra alba, barytas,
tale, chrome yellow, or other miner
al substance or poisonous color fla
vor,, or other ingredient deleterious
or detrimental TO health, or any
vinous, malt, or spirituous liquor or
compound, or narcotic drug.
n the case Ct food.
First. If any substance has been
mixed and packed with it so as to re-
duce or lower or iniurionsly affect
its quality or strength.
Second. If any substance has been
substituted wholly or in part for the
article.
Third. If any valuable constituent
OF the article has been wholly or in
part distracted.
Fourth. If it be mixed, colored,
powdered, coated or stained in a
mander whereby damage or inferi-
GRITTY is concealed.
Fifth. If it contain any added pois-
onous or other added d~eleterious in
gredient which may render such ar
ticle% injurious to health: Provided,
that when in the preparation of food
products for shipment they are pre-
served by any external application,
applied in such manner that the pre-
scrvative is necessarily removed ma
chanically, or by maceration in water.
or otherwise, and directions for the
removal Of said preservative shall be
printed on the covering or the pack
age, the provisions of this Act shall
be construed AZ applying only when
said products are ready for consump-
ton.
Sixth. If it consists in whole or in
part Of a filthy, decomposcd or put
rid animal or vegetable substance or
any portion Of an animal unfit for
food, whether manufactured or not,
or if it is the product Of a diseased
animal, or one that has died other
wise than by slaughter.
Section 4. 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 ar
ticle, or the ingredients or substanc-
cs contained therein which shall be
false or misleading in any particular,
and to any food or drug product
which is falsely branded as to the
State, territory or country in which
it is manufactured or produced. That
for the purposes of this Act an arti-
Gle shall be also deemed to be mis-
branded:
In case Of drugs:
First. If it be an imitation of or
offered for sale under the name of
another article.
Second. If 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 if
t',o fail 70 boar a ciotn~on