(d) If they be forbidden entry to or are restricted in sale in the 

 country in which they are made or from which they are exported. 



3. A food product, in the absence of contrary judicial interpreta- 

 tion, will be deemed by the Department of Agriculture to be adulter- 

 ated 



(a) If any valuable ingredient naturally present therein has been 

 extracted. 



() If a less valuable ingredient has been substituted therefor. 



(c) If it be colored, powdered, or polished, with intent to deceive, 

 or to make the article appear of a better quality than it really is. 



(d) If it be a substitute for or imitation of a genuine article and 

 offered under the name of that article. 



4. Products will be deemed injurious to health in the absence of 

 contrary judicial determination 



(a) If any substance, with the exception of the long-used, well- 

 known condimental substances, viz, common salt, spices, sugar 

 (sucrose or saccharose), wood smoke, and vinegar, be added thereto 

 for preserving, coloring, or other purposes, which is injurious to 

 health, either as determined by actual experimental evidence or in the 

 predominating opinion of health officers, hygienists, and physiological 

 chemists. 



() If the products be decomposed, filthy, decayed, or in any unfit 

 condition for human consumption. 



5. Products will be considered by the Department as misbranded in 

 the absence of contrary judicial determination 



(a) If any false name or property be assigned thereto in the label, 

 directly or by implication. 



(&) If any false statement be contained in the label relating to the 

 place of manufacture or production of the contents of the package 

 directly or by implication. 



(c) If they are not of the nature, substance, and quality commonly 

 associated with the name under which they are sold or offered for sale. 



6. Food products will also be excluded from entry into the United 

 States if they are of a character or kind forbidden entry in the coun- 

 try where they are manufactured or from which they are exported. 



7. Food products will also be excluded from the United States if 

 they are forbidden to be sold or are restricted in sale in the countries 

 in which they are manufactured or from which they are exported. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Until further notice, or until the matter shall have been determined 

 by judicial decisions, or until the permanent standards for the products 

 mentioned have been established by proclamation, the Department sub- 

 mits the following illustrations for the guidance of importers, as an 



