The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-23
PROPOSED
DRUGLAW
Is DRASTIC
Bond Bill in House De-
signed TO Check MCdi-
cine FraudS

Oklahoma city. Jan. 2s AN import
ant measure emanating from the state
food and drug division and aimed at
the patent medicine frauds being per
petrated in this state has been intro
daced by Representative Bond Of Pitts
burg county.
This measure. known as house bill
No. 346 seeks to overcome the loop
hope in the present statutes whereby
fraudulent medicinal preparations are
being marketed by the thousands in
Oklahoma.
The first section Of the bin provides.
in brief. that patent or proprietary
remedy Or medicinal preparation of
whatsoever character shah be deemed
misbranded If the package or label
contain or bear any statement, design
or device regarding the curative IT
1 therapeutic effect Of such article, or
any Of the ingredients or substances
contained therein. which IS in any
way false, deceptive, misleading Or
fraudulent.
The second section provides that
patent or proprietary remidies and
medicinal preparations bearing a dds
tinctiyeH name which has been coined
by the manufacturer or that prepara-
tion. and which in many cases is so
prepared as TO lead the public to be-
liege that it is a standard preparation,
shall include a statement Of ingredi-
ents Of such preparation on the label
in plain type, and such ingredients
commonly known by come English
term shall be listed upon the label in
the plain English term BY which the
ingredients are best known 70 the
general public. In other words, this
section provides that any OF the so
called proprietary remedies bearing
names Of peculiar coinage, and which
contains such commonly known ingred-
tents as baking powder, Epson salts,
table salt, sugar quinine, soap, alum
/ and borax shall bear upon their labels
a list Of such ingredients in plain
English terms instead Of the pharma-
ceutical terms By which these prep
arations are known in scientific cir
cles.
The third section provides as a pen
atty for the violation Of the act fine
OF not less than twenty-five dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars for
the filst offenses and for the second
F subsequent offenses a fine Of not less
than fifty dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars. or BY confinement in
the county jail for not less than thirty
/ days nor mere than ninety days, or hY
both such fine and Imprisonment.
It is declared at the state depart
+ ment Of food and drugs that the Bond
+ bin is the strongest on the subject that
has ever yet been prepared. Untn re-
Gently the United States division Of
foods and drugs proceeded against pat
4 ent medicines that more exuavagaut
label claims relative to their curative
OF therapeutic effect. AS a result.
+ hundreds OF the so-callea cures re-
/ appeared upon the drug market undor
the label Of remedy One patent
medicine concern opposing the action
+ cf the federal government carried the
ease to the United States supreme
court. and there won a victory over
the national food and drug department.
the court holding that under the Old
law prosecution could not be instituted
for printed claims covering a medic
+ fnai preparation. President Taft, ~
allzing the Importance Of this defeat.
Immediately sent message 10 con
+ gress asking for an amendment % the
national food and drug act which Roald
permit Of q proper regulation Of fake
preparations. As 2 result. the sherley
amendment 70 the national iood law
/ soon appeared in congress, and in iis
original form was bitterly assailed b.
+. tie combined HateBt medieine interest
Of the country. Before It was enact
Cd. this measure vas handicapped "
the insertion q a Joker wksch prac
tically made he aei non-eiiectiEe
The present Bond bin overcomes The f
objection found 70 the shcriey amend
ment and is along the lines as ap-
proved By the eminent authority Of
foods and drugs. Dr Harvey W Wiley.
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