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such article or the ingredients or substances contained therein which shall be 

 false or misleading in any particular, and to any food or drug product which 

 is falsely branded as to the State, Territory or country in which it is manu- 

 factured or produced. 



That for tbe purpose of tins act an article shall also be deemed to be mis- 

 branded, in tbe case of food- 

 First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name 

 of another article. 



Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, 

 or purport to be a foreign product when not so. or if tbe contents of tbe pack- 

 age as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and otber 

 contents sb:ill have been placed in such package, or if it fail to bear a state- 

 ment on tbe label of tbe quantity or proportion of any morphine, opium, cocaine, 

 heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or 

 acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances contained 

 therein. 



Third. If in package form and the contents are stated in terms of weight or 

 measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the 

 package. 



Fourth. If the package containing it or its label shall bear any statement, 

 design or device regarding the ingredients or the substances contained therein, 

 which statement, design or device shall he false or misleading in any particu- 

 lar: Provided, that an article of food which does not contain any added poison- 

 ous or deleterious ingredients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or mis- 

 branded in the following cases: 



First. In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now or from time 

 to time hereafter known as articles of food under their own distinctive names, 

 and not an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another 

 article, if the name be accompanied on the same label or brand with a state- 

 ment of the place where said article has been manufactured or produced. 



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

 indicate that they are compounds, imitations or blends, and tbe word "com- 

 pound," "imitation," or "blend," as the case may be, is plainly stated on the 

 package in which it is offered for sale : Provided, the labeling is according to 

 the rules prescribed by the Board of Agriculture: Provided, that the term 

 "blend," as used herein, shall be construed to mean a mixture of like sub- 

 stances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredients used for the 

 purpose of coloring and flavoring only. 



Sec. 0. That no dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this act 

 when he can establish a guaranty signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manufac- 

 turer or other parly, residing in North Carolina, from whom he purchased such 

 articles, to tbe effect that the same is not adulterated or misbranded within 

 the meaning of this act, designating it. 



RULES OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE UNDER THE FOOD 

 LAW IN REGARD TO LABELING FOOD PRODUCTS. 



A label must be, as far as possible, attached to each package, and 

 contain, in addition to other information, the name of the material, 

 the name and address of the manufacturer, importer or jobber. When 

 the words "artificial," "imitation," "compound," "adulterated," or 

 other words of similar import, are required, they must be on the prin- 

 cipal label and immt diately precede or follow the word or words they 

 modify, which must be the principal word or words of the label, and 

 be in a1 least half the size and same style of type and on the sain.' kind 

 of background as the word or words with which they are closely asso- 

 ciated. Tin* principal words in the label must be printed in either 

 dark-colored letters on a light-colored background or liaht-colored let- 



