The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-16

receptacle. securely close and wax if and impress his official seal upon the wax, number and forward the same to the commissioner of agriculture and ln- dustries, or take 1t to his office for ex- animation and analysis. In the execu- tion of their duties the commissioner of agriculture and industries, State chemist, the duly authorized stafe agents. and the municipal and county
 Inspectors of the several counties when
 elected or appointed. shall have free access at all reasonable hours into any place where 1t Is suspected that i'm pure foods are being manufactured. or wherein any article of food or drug adulterated with any deleterious or In-
 furious foreign ingredients exists or
 wherein any offense as proh ibited by
 thls act Is being committed by manu- 1acturer or seller. In taking samples
 the retail price of the same must be
 rendered to the seller or manufacturer l2. That any manufacturer or deal
 CT or other person, who shall impede.
 obstruct. hinder or otherwise prevent
 or attempt to prevent any duly author
 lzed agent or person named in Section IT of this act, in the performance of his duties in collecting samples or ! otherwise In connection with this act snail be guilty of a misdemoanor. and
 shall upon conviction. be fined not less than ten, nor more than five hum dred dollars.
 13. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and In- dustries with the assistants herein provided to fix the standards of purity for all food and drug products when the same are not fixed by this act, in accordance with those promulgated by the secretary of agriculture, the secre- tary of the treasury and the secretary of commerce and labor of the United States except as herein provided)' when such standards have been pub lished and when not yet published, the commissioner of agriculture with the assistance of the state oh enlist, shall fix such standards, provided that the standards for pure leaf lard. compound lard mixed edible fats and cotton seed oils are hereby defined a follows: Pure leaf lard is lard rendered at moderate ly high temperatures from the internal fat of the abdomen of the hog. exclud- ing that adhering to the intestines, and has an iodin number not greater than sixty (60), Lard. Is the rendered fresh fat from slaughtered healthy hogs, free from racidity, and contains not more than one per cent of substance. other than fatty acids not fat. necessarily in- corporated herewith In the process of rendering. Compound lard. Compound lard is lard rendered at low tempera- lures from the fatty meats from fresh slaughtered healthy hogs, or which contains other ingredients than pure fat of the swine, and not over twenty five per cent of beef sterine which per centage shall be specified on the label of the container of such goods. Pure leaf lard, lard and compound lard, as above named must not be made from diseased animal, or any portion of an animal unfit for food or contain not less than the percentage of fat and of the chara cter as specified for each one and shall be plainly labeled and shall conform In quality to specification herein set out by this act. A mixed edible fat Is hereby defined to be a mix lure which contains not less than nine ty-nine per cent of sweet mixed fat and many consist of mixture of re- fined cotton seed oil or other edible vegetable oils with sweet beef fat or other edible animal fats, and must be sold under a registered proprietary brand and properly labeled with the names of the ingredients. and with a distinctive trade mark, or name bear ing the name of the manufacturer. Edible cotton seed oil Is hereby defined as refined cotton seed oil, free from dis agreeable taste or odors. White cot ton seed oil for edible purposes is cot ton seed oil which has been refined in such a manner as to be nearly color less, favorless and odorless. Winter cotton seed oils, for edible purposes are those from which a portion of the sterine has been removed. They may be either white or yellow. Whenever the commissioner of agriculture, with the assistance of the state chemist or the municipal or county inspectors may flsa. cs analysis that adulterated, mis- branded or imitation, drugs, liquors, or food product have been manufactured for sale, or put on sale In this State he shall forthwith furnish & certificate of analysis to that effect to the state solicitor in the county attorney for municipality where the said adulterated misbranded. or imitation drug, liquor or food product was found and it shall be the duty of the state solicitor, at torney for municipality to immediately prosecute, any and every person vio- lating any of the provisions of this act as soon as he receives the evidence as herein specified from the commissioner of agriculture and industries of the State or the municipal or county in- spector. where elected or appointed for the several counties of the state.
 14 That the special food and drug clerk Gin the commissioner of agricuI- ture and industries offce) and the mu- nicipal and county inspectors of the several counties where elected or ap- pointed sh all make monthly reports to the commissioner of agriculture and industries of work done in execution of this act which reports shall be pub lished with enumerations from each separate county.
 15. That the commissioner of agri- culture and industries with the advice of the governor and attorney general hall have authority to establish such rules and regulations as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and as in his judgment. will best carry out the requirements thereof He may exercise discretion al to the class of products he will first subject to rigorous inspection and analysis, real izing that the fullest and most Com plete execution of this law under a lim- ited appropriation must be a matter of growth, that he Is hereby directed, as soon as possible, to suppress the sale of adulterated cheese butter candy, and condiments vinegar, syrups and molasses, leaf lard, lard, compound lard and cotton seed oil by-products and the misbranding of any such goods in the state of Alabama.
 Is. That in order to enforce and carry out the provisions of this act, the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary be immediately available when this act goes into effect, and that the fund ariaing from fees collected by this of cfe (under this act) and all fines paid into the courts of the state prosecu-