Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-12-10

Finishing touches were placed on a pure
food bill, drawn by commission appointed
by Governor Crothers, at meeting of the
commission on Thursday afternoon and
evening of last week, a tentative measure
prepared by subcommittee being taken
as the basis of discussion. The bill is
based on the United States law and is
designed to protect the people of the State
without imposing any additional hardships
on manufacturers in other sections
By the terms of the measure State
food and drug commission is to be appoint
ed by the Governor to consist of three men,
bers at salary of $1,000 each and ex-
penses. Provision is also made for sec
rotary, who shall be qualified chemist
and who shall receive $4,000 year. while
an annual appropriation of $4,000 is to
be made for the commission. The term of
the first commission shall expire January
3d. 1911. the next on January 81, 1912, and
the last on January 81, 1918, each to be
replaced or reappointed as his term ex-
pires.
The bill is entitled, AN act for prevent
ing the manufacture or sale of adulterated,
misbranded, poisonous or deleterious foods,
drugs. medicines waters, liquors, ETC., and
maintaining State food and drug COM
mission" Punishment for violations of the
law is placed at a maximum fine of $500
or maximum imprisonment one year, or
fine and Imprisonment.
The features of the bill are as follows:
Making it misdemeanor to sell any
article of food or drug not properly branded.
The term, Drug" to be interpreted by
United States Pharmacopoeia or National
Formulary; the term, Food" to include
all articles used for food, drink, confection-
cry or condiment by man or animals,
whether simple, mixed or compound.
Drugs to be considered as adulterated if
they do not measure up to the standard of
the pharmacopoeia or formulary.
Standard of confectionery to be deter
mined by ingredients and coloring matter.
Spring well or mineral water must meas
ure up to analysis of such water at source
of supply.
The term. "Misbranded" applies to imi-
tations and misleading, incomplete or in
accurate labels.
Dealers shall not be held responsible for
misrepresentation by wholesaler, jobber or
manufacturer.
Provision for the appointment by the
Governor of State Food and Drug Com
mission
To this was added, on motion, provision
for the standardizing of disinfectants
Another section makes even more dras-
tic than the Government bill the law re-
lating to cattle used for dairying and
slaughter. The extra precaution for the
protection of the consumer is one that
makes it unlawful to feed cattle on the
offal from a slaughter-house or contami-
mated food of any character. The physi-
clans on the board of commissioners say
that if this paragraph is allowed to remain
in the bill, and is enforced it will mean
much in the endeavor to rid Maryland
cattle of disease.
Those at the meeting were Dr. G. Milton
Linthicum. vice-chairman of the commits
sion Secretary Paul M. Burnett, Dr. II.
Louis Naylor, Dr. j. L. Hirsh, Messrs. Jos.
F. Hindes. James E. Hancock and Louis
Shulze. The absentees were Senator John
S. Biddison, chairman; Messrs. F. F. Green
well, W. C. Powell, F. M. Wilson and Rob-
ert S. Mckinney.