ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAWS. 



The United States laws relating to the food supply are enforced by the Department 

 of Agriculture and the Treasury Department, and the Secretaries of these two depart- 

 ments, together with the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, are empowered to make 

 uniform rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of the food and drugs act. 

 Appointments of officials for this service are made from an eligible list established 

 Xipon examination by the United States Civil Service Commission, and are permanent. 

 *These laws are enforced in the several bureaus of the two departments as follows: 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 BOARD OF FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION. 



The board of food and drug inspection, appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 and reporting to him, is charged with the administration of the food and drugs act of 

 June 30, 1906. The personnel of the board is as follows: R. E. Doolittle and A. 8. 

 Mitchell. 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. 



The Bureau of Chemistry is charged with the preparation of the data on which the 

 execution of the food and drugs act is based, including the collection of samples and 

 the examination of the same. This act forbids the manufacture and sale of adul- 

 terated or misbranded foods and drugs in the District of Columbia and the Territories, 

 their importation into the United States, their exportation from the United States 

 (unless the substance conforms to the laws of the foreign country to which shipped), 

 and their shipment and delivery for shipment in interstate commerce. 



The officials of the bureau conducting this work are as follows: 



Food officials, Bureau of Chemistry. 



COMMISSIONED STATE OFFICIALS AND COLLABORATING CHEMISTS. 

 The food and drugs act states in section 5 that violations of the law may also be 

 brought to the attention of the district attorney by the health or food or drug officei] 

 K>f any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia. In section 4, however, it is pro-| 

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