The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-04-04
In the ca CO of food.

In the case of food:
First. IT any substance has been mixed
and packed with DIT so as to reduce or
lower or injuriously affect it's quality or
Second. If any substance has been SUBJ
stituted wholly or in part for the article.
Third. If any valuable constituents of
distracted.
Fourth If it be mixed. colored, pow
dercd, coated. or stained in a manner
whereby damage or inferiorty is con-
Fifth. IF it contain any added poison
Gus or other added deleterious ingredient
which may render such article Injurious
preparation OF food products for ship
ment they are preserved by any external
application applied in such manner that
nhe presery va his is mecessaTy removed
or otherwise. and directions for the re-
mNval of said preserVative shall be
printed on the covering of the package,
the provisions of this act shall be con
strued as applying. only when said pro-
ducts are ready for consumption.
Sixth. If it consists in whole or in part
or vegetable substance, or any portion of
an animal unfit for food whether manu-
featured or not. or if it is the product of
a diseased animal, or one that has died
otherwise than by slaughter.
Section A. The term '1nisbranded.. as
used herein, shall apply to all drugs. or
articles OF food, or articles which enter
into the composition of food, the package
or label of which shall bear any state
ment, design. or device regarding such
article, or the ingredients or substances
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.
For the purpose of this act an article
shall 91cp no 6apna6 tn he 11,ic hfnf ,lH
In case of drugs:
First. If it be an imitation of or offered
for for sale under the name of another ar
Second. If the contents of the package
as originally put UP shall have been re-
moved, in whole or in part, and other
package, or, except in the case of a ply
sician's prescription compounded by n
physician or a registered pharmacist, il
the package fail to bear "a statement on
the label of the quantity or proportion of
any alcohol morphine, opium. cocaine,
heroin, alpha or beta eucaine. chloroform
cannabis indica, choral hydrate or aceta-
nilide or any derivative or any prepara
tlon of any such substances contained
therein.
In the case of food:
First. If it be an imitation Of or Offered
for sale under the distinctive name of
another article.
Second. If it be labeled or branded so
as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or
purport tc be foreign product when not
So or if the contents Of the package as
originally put up .sball have been re-
moved in whole or in part and other con-
tents shall have been placed in such
package, or if it fail to bear a statement
on the label of the quantity or proportion
of any morphine, opium. cocaine. heroin,
alpha or beta eucaine, chioroform, can
nabis indica, choral hydrate, or acetani-
Tide, or any derivative or preparation of
any of such substances contained therein
Third. If in package form, and the
contents are stated in terms of weight or
measure. they are not plainly and cor
rectly stated on the outside of the pack
age.
Fourth. If the package containing it or
its label shall bear any statement. de-
sign, or device regarding the ingredients
or the substances contained therein,
which statement design. or device shall
be false or misleading in any particular:
does not contain any added poisonous or
deleter!ous ingredients shall not De
deemed to be adulterated or misbranded
in the following cases:
First. In the case of mixtures or COM
pounds which may be now or from time
to time hereafter Known as articles of
food, under their own distinctive names.
and not an imitation of or offered for
sale under the distinctive name of an
other article, il the name be accompanied
On the same label or brand with a state
ment of the place where said article has
been manufactured or produced.
Second. In the case of articles labeled
branded, or tagged 50 rs to plainly ind-
cate that they are compounds, limitations,
or blends. and the word compound inn
itation.' or blend as the case may be,
it is offered for sale: Provided that the
term blend as used herein shall be con-
strued to mean Il mixture of like sub
stances. not excluding harmless coloring
or fiavoring ingredients used for the par
pose of coloring and favoring only: And
provided further, that nothing in this ac1
shall be construed as requiring or COM
polling proprictors or manufacturers of
proprietary foods which contain no I'M
wholesome added ingredient to disclose
their trade formulas except in So far as
the provisions OF this act may require 10
secure freedom from adulteration or mis-
branding.
Section 5. The director of the Maine
Agricultural Experiment Station shall
make uniform rules and regulations for
CARRYING out the provisions of this act
including the collection and examination
OF specimens of foods and drugs manu-
featured, sold, transported, or offered for
sale or transportation within this state,
or which may be submitted for eXamna-
tor by any health, food or drug officer
state. The said director may also adopt
or fin standards of purity, quality or
strength when such standards are not
specified or fixed by law and shall pub
lsh them together with such other infor-
nation concerning articles of food and
drugs as may be of public benefit. Sucn
rules, regulations and standards shall,
Wnere possible conform ITO and be tho
same as the rules and regulations adopt
ed from time to time for the enforcement
of act of congress approved June thir-
tieth. nineteen hundred and six, and
known as The Food and Drugs Act
Section 6. The director of the Maine
Agricultural Experiment Station shall an
a!yZe, or cause to be analysed, samples
Of articles OF food and drugs on sale in
Maine, and at such times and to such eX-
tent as said director determine And
said director, in person or by deputy,
shall have free access at all reasonable
hours to any place wherein articles of
food or drugs are offered for sale and
upon rendering the market price of any
such article may take from any person
for analysis. The results of all
analysis of articles of food and drugs
made by said director shall be published
by him in the bulletins or reports of the
experiment station, together with the
names of the persons from whom the
samples were obtained. and the names of
the manufacturers thereof
comes ccgniZant of the violation of any OF
the provisions of this act he shall cause
notice of such fact, together with a copy
of the findings to be given to the party
or parties concerned, including those
from whom the sample was obtained, and
to the party. if any, whose name appears
upon the label as manufacturer, packer,
retailer or other dealer. The
parties so notified shall be given an op-
to be heard under such rules
and regulations as may be prescribed as
aforesaid. Notices shall specify the date,
hour and place of the hearing. The hear