"misbranded." 



NINTH ANNUAL REPORT STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 101 



valuable constituent of the article has been wholly 

 or in part abstracted; fourth, if it is intended to use 

 on vegetation and shall contain any substance oi 

 substances which, although preventing, destroying, 

 repelling or mitigating insects, shall be injurious 

 to such vegetation when used. 



"Misbranded" do- Section 4. The term "misbranded" as u^ed 



fined as used in , . , ,, , ^ . ^- • 1 1-, • /- , , 



,.jijg g^^^ herem shall apply to msecticides. Fans Green, lead 



arsenate or fungicide, or articles which enter into 

 the composition of insecticides or fungicides, the 

 package or label of which shall bear any statement, 

 design or device regarding such article or the in- 

 gredients of the substances contained therein which 

 shall be false or misleading in any particular. 



When an article Section 5. For the purpose of this act, an ar- 



shall be deemed ^- , 1 n 1 , 1 ^ 1 .. • 1 1 ,1- 



tide shall be deemed to be misbranded — 



In the case of insecticides, Paris Green, lead 

 arsenate and fungicides ; First, if it be an imitation 

 or offered for sale under the name of another article ; 

 second, if it be labeled or branded so as to deceive 

 or mislead the purchaser, or if the contents of the 

 package as originally put up shall have l)een re- 

 moved in whole or in part and other contents shall 

 have been placed in such package; third, if in pack- 

 age form, and the contents are stated in terms of 

 weight or measure, and they are not plainly and 

 correctly stated on the outside of the package. 



In the case of insecticides other than Paris 

 Green and lead arsenates and fungicides: First, 

 if they contain arsenic in any of its combinations 

 or in the elemental form and the total amount of 

 arsenic present (expressed as per centum of metallic 

 arsenic) is not stated on the label ; second, if it 

 contains arsenic in any of its combinations or in 

 the elemental form and the amount of arsenic in 

 water soluble forms (expressed as per centum of 

 metallic arsenic) is not stated on the label; third, 

 if it consists partially or completely of an inert 



