Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21

meties. 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 in the prepara-
ton thereof
Section 1901. An article shall be
deemed 10 be aoulterated within the mean
ing of the preceding section:
l. In the case of drugs First, il, when
SOLD. or offered or exposed for sale or mad
In possession with intent to sell, under or
oy name recognized in the United States
pharmacopoeia or national formulary, it
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 or had in possession with intent to
sell; second, If its strength,
quality or purity falls below the professed
standard under which it is sold third. if
1T contains wood alcohol except when in
tended for external use only and SO la
beled
2. In the case of food: First, If any
substance or substances have been mixed
with 1t, SO as to lower or depreciate or in
Juriously affect its strength. quality OR
substance or substances have been sub
stituted wholly or In part for it third,
If any valuable or necessary ingredient has
been wholly or in part distracted from it,
or If It Is below that standard Of quality,
strength or purity represented to the pur-
chaser or consumer; fourth II IL Is an imi-
tation Of, or sold or offered or exposed for
ffth,. If 1t consists OF or Is manufactured.
wholly or In part, from q dis
eased, contaminated, filthy, decomposed,
tainted or rotten animal or vegetable SUBJ
stance or any animal or vegetable substance
produced. stored, transported, or kept In a
condition that tends to render the article
diseased. contaminated or unwholesome. or
If 1t Is any part Of the product of dis
eased animal, or the product OF an animal
tnat has died otherwise than by slaughter !;
sixth, If 1t Is mixed, colored, coated, pol
ished, powdered, or stained, where
by damage or inferiority Is concealed, or SO
that 1t tends to deceive or mislead the pur.
chaser or consumer, or II by any means 1t
is made to appear better or Of greater value
than it really is, or il 1t is coiored or IA
vored in imitation of the genuine color or
flavor or another substance; seventh, IL 1t
contains any added substance or Ingredient
which Is poisonous. Injurious. or deleterious
to health, or any deleterious substance not
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
which does not contain any nller or in
gredient which debases without adding food
value, shall not be deemed adulterated in
the case of mixtures or compounds sold
under their own distinct names or under
coined names. II the same be 80 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 as requiring or compelling pro-
prtetors or manufacturers of proprietary
foods to disclose their trade formulas ex-
cept as far as may be necessary to secure
freedom from adulteration, imitation OK
fraud.
Section z This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after Its passage and
Approved May 20. 1909. 81