Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-04
Salient Features of Laws Per-
tanning to Foods, Medicines,
Seeds, Stock Foods, Etc.
DRUG BILL NEW LEGISLATION
Measure is Even More Stringent Than
National Law-strict Penalties for
Misbrandns and AduIteration-stoek
Foods Law Appears to Be compi-
Gated Because of Amendments.
Special to rImes-Republican.

Special to IlmeS-RepuDHCaH
| Des Moines, May 4.--The session
laws soon to be printed by the state
of Iowa contains some decidedly In
teresting matter relating TO purity
matters. The things Of chief concern
| are foods. medicines, drugs farm
seeds, stock foods and binder twine
The enforcement of all these purity
matters Is placed in the hands of the
state dairy and food commission and
the state pharmacy commission. An
increase was made in the allowance to
the food department for enforcement
The additional duty of the pharmacy
commission, involving a great deal o1
labor, is placed upon the commission
without any compensation.
In the matter OF betterment Of the
pure food law two acts were passed
One of them changed the definition OF
the law as to the term "misbranded,' .
stating:
THE term misbranded, as used here
in, shall apply to all articles OF food,
or articles which enter into the COM
position Of food, the package or label
Of which shall bear any statement, de-
sign, or device regarding such article
or the ingredients or substances con-
tanned therein which shall be false or
misleading in any particular, and to
any food product which Is falsely
branded. as to the state, territory or
country in which 1t is manufactured
or produced, or which bears any state
ment of the weight or measure, unless
the same be correct statement Of the
net weight or measure of the contents.
Another bill passed defined adulter-
ated foods and directs the style of the
label which shall be printed with the
true and correct name of all constitu-
ents of such mixture, compound, COM
bination or imitation or blend, and II
artificially colored or preserved, the
name Of each and every such added
substance shall be plainly stated on the
label"
This same act defines twenty-four
kinds of extracts, tells how they shall
be made, also six kinds of vinegar. 1t
also declares vinegar to be adulterated
if it contains any coloring matter what
ever. Butter must contain not less
than 80 per cent by weight of butter
fat.
The drug bill is all new legislation
and while the law is supposed to con-
form pretty closely to the national law
1t is declared by those who know to
u CT, than fhe
national law The essential clause is:
mo person, firm, corporation, by
himself officer, servant or agent or
as the officer, servant or agent of any
other person, firm or corporation, shall
manufacture or introduce into the state
or solicit orders for delivery or sell
exchange, deliver, or have in his pos
session with intent to sell, exchange OF
expose, or offer for sale Or exchange
any drug which is adulterated or mis-
branded within the meaning of this
act"
The act then defines in somewhat
circuitous manner what misbrandeo
or adulterated drug is within the mean
ing of the act. In brief a drug is adul-
terated if when it is sold under or by
a name recognized in the United States
Pharmacopeia or National Formulary
| it differs from the standard of strength
quality or purity as determined by the
test laid down in these books official
at the time Of investigation. 1t is also
provided that drug shall be deemed
adulterated if it's strength or purity
falls below the professed standard or
quality under which 1t is sold.
AS to misbranded drugs the term
shall apply to all drugs, the package or
label of which shall bear any statement
design, or device regarding such ar
ticle or the ingredients or substances
contained therein, which shall be false
or misleading in any particular and to
any drug which is falsely branded as
to state country or territory in which 1t
is manufactured or produced. There is
also a misbranding if an imitation OF
offered under another name; or If the
original contents Of the package have
been removed and others substituted; II
the label fails to show the exact guam
tity or proportion of alcohol, naptha,
opium, acetanelid, etc. There is a
special clause forbidding the sale OF
anything for use in any way as med
icine or for perfumery or cosmetics
containing methyl (wood) alcohol or
denat tured alcohol
The pharmacy commission Is au-
thorized to enforce the law, and it must
issue from time to time bulletins giving
information as to Investigations and
other matter of public interest affect
ing the act. Any goods bought prior to
July next shall be exempt until April
1, 1909.
The act in regard to distribution of
medicines is separate one. 1t makes it
unlawful to deposit any sample Of any
drugs or medicine upon any porch,
lawn, in any vehicle or any other place
where such drugs or medicine might
be picked up by children or other per-
sons
The binder twine bin hardly comes IN
the same category but 1t was one of the