Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-05
PURE FOOD LAW
NOW EFFECTIVE

REFORM ENAcTMENTs OF LAST
CONGRESS OPERATIVE WITH
The NEW YEAR
The Anti-Pass Section of the Railroad
I Rate Act Also Effective, as is the
State Law Relative to Gasoline
Cans.
Three laws of the greatest import
ance became effective with the open
laws will affect every person in the
state to a considerable extent and are
of general interest.
The one of the greatest importance
is tn. national pure food law, which
will affect shipments from other states
into Iowa, which, with the state law
of the same nature will compel the
manufacturer. wholesaler, jobber, re-
taller and mail order house to supply
the people with pure and unadulterat-
ed food. Owing to the fact, however,
that the state law gives the retailer
until July to dispose Of goods on
hand, the law will not be in full force
and effect. After that time, however,
every person offering goods for sale,
must properly label all adulterated
or misbranded goods.
Another national law which became
effective Tuesday was the anti-pass
section Of the national railroad rate
act, which compels the railroads to
collect the correct fare in cash from
every person who rides on the rail-
roads,
The state law is that which makes
it necessary to paint all gasoline cans
red.
AduIterated Foods.
In brief, the federal pure food law
declares an article of food to be adul-
terated-
l. If any substance has been mixed
and packed with it SO as to reduce or
lower or injuriously affect it's quality
or strength.
2. If any substance has been sub
stituted wholly or in part for the arti-
Gle.
3. If any valuable constituent of the
article has been wholly or In part abb
stracted
A. If it be mixed, colored, powder
ed, coated or stained in manner
whereby damage or inferiorty is con-
cealed.
5. If it contains any added poison
GUS or other added deleterious ingre-
dent which may render such article
injurious to health.
6. II 1t contains in whole or in part
of filthy, decomposed or putrid ami
NAL or vegetable substance or an ami
NAL that has died otherwise than by
slaughter.
Misbranded Foods.
Food is declared to be misbranded
and subject to the penalties of the fed
eral law
/. If 1T be an imitation of or offered
for sale under the distictive name Of
another article.
to deceive or mislead the purchaser.
3. If it purports to be foreign
product when not so.
4. If part of the contents be ,e-
moved and substituted.
5. II it fail to bear label of guam
tity or proportion of morphine, opium,
cocaine, heroin, alpha, or beta eucane,
chloroform, cannabis, indica, choral
hydrate or acetanilide.
6, If in package, form or contents
are stated in terms of weight or meas
ure, they are not plainly and correctly
stated on outside OF package.
Z. II the package containing it or
its label or device regarding the in
gradients of the substance contained
which is false or misleading in any
particular.
Applies to Confectionery and Drugs.
The national pure food law also ap-
plies specifically to confectionery,
which is declared to be adulterated #
it contains terra alba, barytes, chrome
yellow, tale, or other mineral sub
stance of poisonous color of flavor, or
other ingredient deleterious or detri-
mental to health or any vinous, malt
or spurious liquor Or compound or
narcotic drug.
Pure drugs after January are like.
wise required Dy Cne naClOnal aCt,
which declares drugs to be adulter-
ted
1. If when a drug is sold under or
by name recognized in the United
States Pharmacopoeia or National
Formulary, it differs from the standard
of strength. quality or purity unless SO
stated plainly on label.
| g. If it's strength or purity fall be.
low the professed standard or quality
under which it Is sold.
| Drugs are to be deemed misbranded
and subject to the penalties of the fed
eral law if the contents of the package
as originally put up shall have been
removed and substituted in whole OF
part, or if the package fails to bear a
label Of the quantity or proportion ii
any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine
heroin, alpha, or beta eucaine, choro
form, cannabis, indica, choral, hydrate
or acetanilide on any deriyative.
Federal Anti-Pass Law.
The anti.pass section of the national