Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08

metics: The term food as used herein
shall include all articles used for food or
drink or condiment by man, whether sim
pie, mixed or compound, and all articles
used or intended for use as ingredients in
the composition thereof or in the prepare
LiOn thereof
Section 1901 An article shall be
deemed TO be adulterared within the mean
ing of the preceding section
1; IN the case Of drugs: First, If, when
sold, or offered or exposed for sale or had
IN possession with intent to sell, under or
by a name recognized IN the United States
pharmacopoeia or national formulary, il
differs from the standard Of strength, quail
ity or purity laid down In the latest
edition thereof, current at the time when
such drug Is sold or offered or exposed for
sale had IN possession with intent to
SELL second II its strength.
quality or purity falls below the professed
standard under which it is sold; third, II
II contains wood alcohol except when In
tended for external use only and so la
beIed.
=. In the case of food: First. if any
substance or substances have been mixed
with 1t, as TO lower depreciate or In
JuriOusly affect its strength, quality or
purity; second, If any inferior or cheaper
substance or substances have been sub
stituted wholly or In part for 1t; third,
If any valuable or necessary ingredient has
been wholly or In part distracted from II,
or II ii is below that standard Of quality,
strength or purity represented to the pur-
chaser or consumer: fourth, II II Is an tmf-
tatiOn Of, or sold or offered or exposed for
6dle uHdeT the IhuG Oh 6uolHSE dIllCIS
fifth, if It consists Of or is manufactured.
wholly or In part, from dis
eased, contaminated, filthy. decomposed,
tainted Or rotten animal or vegetable sub
stance or any animal or vegetable substance
produced stored transported, or Kept in
condition that tends to render the article
diseased, cODtaminat ted or unwholesome, or
II it is any part Of the product of q dis
eased animal, or the product Of an animal
that has died otherwise than by slaughter;
sixth, II it is mixed, colored, coated, pol
tShed powdered, or stained where
by damage or inferiority is concealed. or so
that 1t tends to deceive or misiead the pur-
chaser or consumer, or If by any means it
IS made to appear better or Of greater value
than it really is, or II it Is colored or fla
favor Of another substance; seventh, II II
contains any added substance or ingredient
which is poisonous, Injurious, or deleterious
to health, or any deleterious substance not
a necessary ingredient In It's manufacture
provided that any article OF food
which is not adulterated under the pro-
visions Of the fourth. fifth, sixth and sew
enth specifications OF this section, and
which does not ontatn any dller or In
gredlent which debases without adding food
value, shall not be deemed aduiterated in
the case OF mixtures or compounds sold
under their own distinct names Or under
coined names, II the same be so labeled,
branded or tagged as plainly TO show their
true character and composition And pro-
Vided further, that nothing In this act shall
be construed requiring or compelling pro-
prictors or manufacturers of proprietary
foods to disclose their trade formulas, eE-
cept far as may be necessary to secure
freedom from adulteration, Imitation or
fraud.
Section 2 This act shall take eject and
be In force from and after It's passage and
Approved May 26, 1909.