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gredients of such articles, when deemed by the Secretary of Apicul- 

 ture advisable, * * * And the Secretary of Agriculture, when- 

 ever he has reason to believe that any articles are being imported 

 from foreign countries which are dangerous to the health of the 

 people of the United States, or which shall be falsely labeled or 

 branded either as to their contents or as to the place of their manu- 

 facture or production, shall make a request upon the Secretary of the 

 Treasury tor samples from original packages of such articles for 

 inspection and analysis, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby 

 authorized to open such original packages and deliver specimens to 

 the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose mentioned, giving 

 notice to the owner or consignee of the sampling of such articles, 

 who may be present and have the right to introduce testimony be- 

 fore the Secretary of Agriculture, or his representative, either in 

 person, or by agent, concerning the suitability of such article.:? for 

 entry; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse delivery to the 

 consignee of any such goods which the Secretary of Agriculture re- 

 ports to him have been inspected and analyzed and found to be 

 dangerous to health or falsely labeled or branded, either as to their 

 contents or as to the place of their manufacture or production, or 

 which are forbidden entry or to be sold, or are restricted in sale in 

 the countries in which they are made or from which they are exported. 



Act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, 34 Stat. 685. 



These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 3907, cited above. Similar provisions are contained in tlie similar 

 appropriation act for the fiscal year 1902 and are repeated with minor 

 changes in the acts for intervening fiscal years. 



Previous provisions for tlie inspection of imported foods, drugs, or 

 liquors, and the forfeiture of adulterated or misbranded articles, are 

 contained in act August 30, 1890, c. 839, s. 1, set forth above. Subsequent 

 provisions for the examination of samples of imported foods and drugs, 

 and the disposition of adulterated or misbranded articles, are contained 

 in act June 30, 3906, c. 3915. set forth below, with other comprehensive 

 pi'ovisions of said act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or trans- 

 portation, as well IS tbe importation, of adulterated or misbranded foods, 

 drugs, etc. 



ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1357. An act to prevent a false branding or marking of 

 food and dairy products as to the State or Territory in which they are 

 made or produced. (32 Stat. 032.) 



Introduction into any State or Territory, etc.. from any other State or Terri- 

 tory, etc.. of dairy or food products falsely labeled or branded as to State 

 or Territory in which they are made, produced, or grown, forbidden. 



That no person or persons, company or corporation, shall intro- 

 duce into any State or Territory of the United States or the District 

 of Columbia from any other State or Territory of the United States 

 or the District of Columbia, or sell in the District of Columbia or 

 in any Territory any dairy or food products which shall be falsely 

 labeled or branded as to the State or Territory in which they are 

 made, produced, or grown, or cause or procure the same to be done 

 by others. 



Act July 1. 1902, c. 1357. s. 1, 32 Stat. 632. 

 Violation of act; penalty; jurisdiction of prosecutions. 



Sec. 2. That if any person or persons violate the provisions of this 

 Act, either in person or through another, he shall be guilty of a 



