The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-07
On Third Reading in
the House
FINAL VOTE TODAY

of food, drink, and drugs against
fraud and deception therein, together
with the punishment for the violation
! OF such law, Is the number and title
OF the first pure food law that prom
ises to pass the house at this session.
The bill came up on it's second read
ing yesterday as a special order Of
business and after three amendments
offered by Mr.. Wetzel were inserted
the bill was ordered to it's third read
Ing and engrossment and will likely
come up today for It's passage in the
house of delegates. < .. .
The bill was introduced by Mr..
Harper, the delegate from Mason
county and as the vote yesterday was
unanimous to order it to it's third
reading and engrossment, it is not
expected that any opposition will
develop. The bill has been endorsed
by prominent druggists and officials
or dru gg1sts' associations from over
the state.
The bill as it will read when it
comes up today, with all the added
amendments, for it's third reading
and passage, reads as follows:
Sec. l. The prosecuting attorney
OF each county in this state shall
have the power, and it will be his
duty under this act, to enter during
the usual hours of business into any
creamery, factory, store, sales-room,
drug store or laboratory, or any place
where he has reason to believe food.
drink or drugs are made, prepared or
sold or offered for sale, and to open
any, case, tub, jar, bottle Or package
containing or supposed to contain
any articles Of food, drink or drugs,
and examine or cause to be, examined
and analysed the contents thereof
1t shall be the duty Of the chemist Of
the state agricultural department to
analvze any Of the above enumerated
articles that may be sent him by the
prosecuting attorney, and certify the
result of said analysis 20 said pros
ecuting attorney. Provided, that if
less than a whole package shall be
taken under this section, the samples
80 taken shall be sealed and prepared
In every manner lOr shipment to the
person who shall make the analysis
hereinafter provided for. NO package
taken and prepared for shipment
| shall be opened before it hasNbeen re-
| ceived by the ana ysist aforesaid If
whole package be taken it shall not
be opened before It has been received
! by the analyst aforesaid
Sec. 2. No person shall within this
state, manufacture for sale, offer for
sale, or sell any drug or article Of
food which Is adulterated within the
meaning Of this act.
| The term drug" as used in this
| act, shall include all medicines for
| internal or external use, antiseptics,
| disinfectants, and cosmetics. The
| term food as used herein shall in
| clude all articles used for food, drink,
confectionery or cOndiment for man,
whether simple, mixed or compound.
Sec. 3. An article shall be deemed
to be adulterated within the meaning
Of this act:
(a) In case Of drugs; CD If, when
sold under or by name recognized
in the United States Pharmacopia
official at the time, if 1T differs from
the standard Of strength, quality or
purity laid down therein, GU If,
when sold under or by a name not
recognized in the United States Phar-
| macopia official at that time, but
which is found in some other phar-'
| macOpia or other standard work Of
materia medica, it differs materially
| from the standard Of strength, quail
| ity or purity laid down in such work,
| 90 If its strength, quality or purity
| falls below the DrOfesSed standard
under which it is sold.
| CD In case Of food, drink, con-
tectionery or Condiment.
CD If any substance or sub
stances have been mixed with it, so
as to lower or depreciate, or injur-
louSly affect its quality, strength or
| purity, CD Of any inferior or cheap
| er substance or substances have been
| substituted wholly or in part for it,
| CD If any valuable or necessary con-
| stituent or ingredient has been
wholly or in part distracted from it,
CD If it is an imitation Of, or is sold
under the name Of another article,
CD If it consists wholly or in part
Of diseased, decomposed, putrid, in
fected, tainted or rotten animal or
vegetable substance, or article,
whether manufactured or not, or in
the case Of milk, if it is the product
Of diseased animal, co If it is COL
ored, coated, polished or powdered,
whereby damage or inferiority is con-
cealed, or IF by any means 1t is made
to appear better or Of greater value
than it really is, 81 If it contains
any added substance ingredients
which is poisonous or Injurious to
the health, co If it is sold under a
coined name and does not contain
some ingredient suggested by such
name or contains only an inconsid-
cradle quantity, CO. If the package
containing it or any label thereon
shall bear any statement regarding
1t or It's composition which shall be
false or misleading in any particular,
Provided, That the provisions of the
act shali not apply to mixtures or
compounds recognized as ordinary
articles or ingredients Of articles of
food or drink, If each and every pack
Fdge sold or offered for sale is dis
tincty labelled in words Of the Eng
lish language, as mixtures or com
pounds, with the name and per cent