The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-12-12
MUST CONFORM
TO DRUG LAW
PHARMACIST ALL OVER THE
STATE ARE RECEIVING COPIES
OF THE INSPECTION DE-
CiSlONS.

Official notices from the state drug
commission are being issued through
the office of the dairy and food de-
partment to every druggist and con-
Germ handling drugs within the state
of Michigan, of a series of drug in
spection decisions which will become
effective Jan. /. One of these is the
order that all patent or proprietary
medicines on sale must bear a state
ment on the label of the quantity or
proportion of certain drugs and chemi-
calls, several of which are present i'm
varying quantities in every patent me-
dcine now on the market.
The Michigan drug law went into eff
feet on July /. 1910, and the order is
sued this morning is the most impor-
| tant by far that the department has
given out. The department is giving
dealers in drugs almost six months To
clean out their present stock of patent
medicines as wei as 10 get the other
portion of their stock in shape to con-
form to the new order 49,
The decisions, as Wen as decisions
which will be issued later, are based
upon the United States Pharmaco-
poeia and National Formulary. All
drugs must conform to the tests laid
down in the United States Pharmaco-
poeia and National Formulary, official
at the time of investigation. In the de-
partment order attention is called to
the fact that a number of drugs and
pharmaceuticals are prone to decom-
position or change and therefore re-
uuire special precautions for their
keeping. In presenting the list of new
requirements the commissions order
says:
1.-THE placing of a drug product upon
the market can no longer be done
without attempt at uniformity. Neither
can drug be marketed with utter dis
regard of the statements made upon
the label. With ordinary care in man
ipulation. knowledge of what the fin
ished product should be, proper care
and precaution in storing the same,
little difficulty should be, experienced
in conforming to the legal require
ments."
Decision No. l is perhaps the most
important and will probably ibe of the
most interest to the general public. 1t
reads as follows: I'M
ION and after July /. 19tL all patent
/
or exposed for sale, must bear a state
ment on the label Of the quantity OF
proportion of any alcohol, .antipyrin
opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, CO.
caine. alpha or beat eucaine, chlior-
form. cannabisindica. choral hydrate
or acetanilide, or any deriVatiVe Oh
preparation of any such substances
contained therein, i'm accordance witi
section 4, Act No. 146, Public Acts oil
1900. This applies not only to prepara'
tions on hand which the druggist mas
put up under-his own -labeh-but Also o.
those of other manufacturers whlcf
are not labeled in accordance with th'
national law and which, We're on han'
when the law went into effect. This
does not exempt until July 1, 1911, tn
labelling of drug products manufac
tured since July 1, 1910, nor the label
ing OF products now manufactured %
those to be manufactured until July
1911. but only to those which were Oh
hand not properly labeled July /. l9lV
Old cough syrups, soothing syrups
diarrhoea remedies etc, are the wors
offenders and stocks should be gon
over very carefully to see that none
these are left on the shelves not prop
erly labeled after July 1, 1911"
The other decisions deal with IN
proper use of iodine and tincture q
iodine. After January l all tincture o
iodinec offered for sale IN Michigan
must contain per cent iodine and
per cent potassium iodide. After Jan
uary druggists must use the new IN
stead of the old formula In manuiac
turing spirits of camphor. so as u
make the article correspond win III
present standard of the present unite'
States Pharmacopoeia. Recently
samples of spirits of camphor were eN
amined and 80 condemned. Most
the samples rejected were prepare
under the old formula. During IN
same inspection So samples of spirit
Of nitre were examined and but TIVE
accepted.