T> , DRUG LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



cause the prosecution of the offender, and any person found guilty of adultera- 

 tion, as defined in this Chapter, shall be adjudged to pay, in addition to the fine 

 hereinafter provided for, all necessary costs and expense incurred in inspecting 

 and analyzing such adulterated articles of which said person may have been 

 found guilty of manufacturing, selling, or offering for sale. 



1502. Penalty. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Chapter, 

 or shall register fraudulently, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In all cases 

 of prosecution under this Chapter, the burden shall be upon the defendant to 

 show his authority. Acts 1880-1881, p. 186. 



Code, 1805, vol. 1, p. 412. 



482. Adulteration a misdemeanor. If any person shall manufacture for sale, 

 offer for sale, or sell, any drug, medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical prepara- 

 tion, which is adulterated, he shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. (Acts 

 1889, p. 91.) 



483. Adulteration defined. A drug, medicine, chemical or pharmaceutical 

 preparation shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) If, when sold under or by 

 a name recognized in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, it differs from the standard in 

 strength, quality or purity laid down therein. (2) If, when sold under or by 

 a name not recognized in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, but which is found in some 

 other standard work, it differs materially from the standard of strength, qual- 

 ity or purity laid down in such work. (3) If its strength, quality or purity 

 falls below the professed standard. (Acttt Yxs.o, i>. !>1.) 



484. *S'tf-w//>/r.v far unul)/Kix. Every person manufacturing, offering for sale, or 

 selling any drug, medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical preparation, shall fur- 

 nish to the State board of pharmacy, or any person interested or demanding 

 the same, who shall tender him the value of the same, a sample sufficient for 

 the analysis of any such drug, medicine, chemical, or pharmaceutical prepara- 

 tion which is in his possession. On complaint being made, the board of phar- 

 macy is empowered to employ an expert chemist or analyst to examine into the 

 so-claimed adulteration, and report upon the result of his investigation, and if 

 said report justify such action, the board shall cause the prosecution of the 

 offender. (Acts 1889, p. 92.) 



Code, 1805, vol. 3, p. 141-142. 



ADULTERATION OF LIQUORS WITH DRUGS. 



476. A misdemeanor. Any person who shall sell, or offer to sell, any liquor, 

 wine or spirits, or vinegar, knowing the same to contain any strychnine or 

 other poisonous drug, or offensive matter injurious to health by drinking or 

 other use, or who shall sell or offer to sell the same after notice shall be given 

 him as required by section 1532 of the Civil Code, shall be indicted in the 

 superior court and be punished as for a misdemeanor. (Acts 1857, p. 13.) 



Code, 1805, vol. 3, p. 141. 



