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of combined sulplnirie acid and not to exceed eight-thousandths of one per cent of 

 siilj)huroiis acid. 



yi'veiitli. if it be h\beled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, 

 or purport lo be a foreign product wlieu branded so, or an imitation, either in 

 package or hibel, of an established proprietary product which has been trade- 

 nuuked or patented. 



Eighth, if it consists of the whole or any part of a diseased, filthy, decom- 

 posed or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal unfit 

 for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal 

 or of an animal that has died otherwise than by slaughter. 



In cases of meats, oysters or fish sold or oilered for sale in the fresh state, if 

 such meats, oysters or fish sliall have been inoculated, dusted, powdered, sprayed, 

 rubbed, anointed, washed, sprinkled or fumigated or in any manner treated with 

 any of the substances declared deleterious and dangerous by this act, or with any 

 antiseptic or chemical preservative or dye-stuff wliatsoever whose use and appar- 

 ent purpose is to retard, prevent or mask decomposition or to give to the meat, 

 oysters or fish a false ap]K'arance of freshness or quality. In addition to the 

 ways already provided, sausage shall be deemed adulterated if it is composed in 

 any part of liver, lungs, kidneys or other viscera of animals: Provided, that the 

 use of animal intestines as sausage casings shall not be deemed an adulteration. 



Ninth. That candies and chocolate may be deemed to be adulterated if they 

 contain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow or other mineral substances or 

 poisonous colors or flavors or other ingredients deleterious or detrimental to 

 health: Provided, tliat an article of food, beverage or condiment which does not 

 contain any added poisonous ingredient shall not be deemed to be adulterated in 

 the following cases : * 



First. In the case of articles, mixtures or compounds which may be now or 

 from time to time hereafter known as articles of food, beverages or condiments 

 under their o^^^l distinctive names and not included in definition fourth of this 

 section. 



Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded or tagged so as to plainly 

 indicate that they are mixtures, compounds, combinations, imitations or blends. 



Third, \\hen any matter or ingredient has been added to the food, beverage 

 or condiment because the same is required for the production or preparation 

 thereof as an article of commerce in a state fit for carriage or consumption, and 

 not fraudulently to increase the bulk, weight or measure of the food, beverage 

 or condiment or conceal the inferior quality thereof: Provided, that the same 

 shall be labeled, branded or tagged as prescribed by the Board of Agriculture, 

 60 as to show them to be compounds and the exact character thereof: And 

 provided further, that nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring or 

 compelling proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary foods to disclose their 

 trade formulas except in so far as the provisions of this act may require to 

 secure freedom from adulteration or imitation: Provided further, that nothing 

 in this act shall be construed to apply to proprietary or patent medicines. 



Fourth. Where the food, beverage or condiment is unavoidably mixed with 

 some harmless extraneous matter in the process of collection or preparation: 

 Provided further, that no person shall be convicted under the provisions of this 

 act when he is able to prove a written guaranty of purity in a form approved by 

 the Board of Agriculture as published in their rules and regulations, signed by 

 the wholesale jobber, manufacturer or other party from whom he purchased said 

 article. 



Sec. 7. That the Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to cause all com- 

 pounds, mixtures or blended products to be properly branded and prescribe how 

 this shall be done. 



Skc. 8. That it shall be the duty of the Board of Agriculture to prepare and 

 publish from time to time lists of the articles, mixtures or compounds declared 

 to be exempt from the provisions of this act in accordance with section 6. The 

 Board of Agriculture shall also from time to time fix and publish the limits of 

 variability permissible in any article of food, beverage or condiment, and these 

 standards, when so published, shall remain the standards before all courts: 

 Provided, that when standards have been or may be fixed by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture of the United States they shall be accepted by the Board of Agricul- 

 ture and published as the standards for North Carolina. 



