The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-09
NATIONAL PURE FOOD LAW |SCAUS|NG
GROCERS AND OTHERS SOME WORRY

which enter into the composition of
food, the package or label of which
shall bear any statement, design, or
device regarding such article, or the
ingredients or substances contained
therein which shall be false or mis-
leading 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 purpose of this act an
article shall also be deemed to be mis-
branded:
In the case of food:
First. If it be an imitation of or Of
fered for sale under the distinctive
name of another article.
Second. If it be labeled or brand
ed so as to deceive or mislead the pur-
chaser, or purport to be a foreign pro-
duct when not so, or 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 it fail to
bear statement on the label of the
quantity or proportion of any NOR
phine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or
beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis in
dica, choral hydrate, or acentanilide,
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
correctly stated on the outside of the
package.
Fourth. If the package containing
it or its label shall bear any state
ment, design, or device regarding the
ingredients or the substances con-
tanned therein, which statement, de-
sign, or device, shall be false or mis-
leading in any particular. Provided,
That an article of food which does not
contain any added poisonous or dele
FERROUS ingredients shall not be deem
ed to be adulterated or misbranded in
the following cases:
First. In the case of mixtures or
compounds which may be now or from
time to time hereafter known as ar
ticles of food, under their own dis
tinctive names, and not an imitation
of or offered for sale under the dis
tinctive name of another article, If the
name be accompanied on the same la
bel or brand with statement of the
place where said article has been
manufactured or produced.
Second. In the case of articles la
beled, branded, or tagged so as to
plainly indicate that they are COM
pounds, limitations, or blends, and the
word compound" Imitation" or
blend" as the case may be, is plain
ly stated on the package in which it
is offered for sale: Provided, That the
term blend as used herein shall be
construed to mean a mixture of like
substances, not excluding harmless
coloring or flavoring only: And pro-
vided further, That nothing in tn.
act shall be construed as requiring or
compelling proprietors or manufac-
turers Of proprietary foods which con-
tain no unwholesome added ingredi-
ent to disclose their trade formulas,
except in so far as the provisions of
this act may require to secure freedom
from adulteration or misbranding.
Sec 8. That no dealer shall be pros
ecuted under the provisions of this act
when he can establish guaranty sign
ed by the wholesaler, jobber, manu-
facturer, or other party residing in
the United States, from whom he pur-
chases such articles, 70 the effect that
the same is not adulterated or mis-
branded within the meaning OF this
act, designating it. Said guaranty, to
afford protection, shall contain the
name and address of the party or part
les making the sale of such articles to
such dealer, and in such case said
party or parties shall be amenable to
the prosecutions, fines, and other pen
alties which would attach, in du,
course, to the dealer under the provis-
ions OF this act.
Sec. 10. That any article of food,
drug, or liquor that is adulterated or
misbranded within the meaning of this
act, and is being transported from one
state, territory, district, or insular
possession to another for sale, or, hav-
ing been transported, remains I'M
loaded, unsold, or in original unbrok-
en- packages, or if it be sold or Of
fered for sale in the District of Co.
luhmbia or the territories, or insular
possessions of the United States. or