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dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the dis- 

 cretion of the court: Provided., That no article shall be deemed mis- 

 branded or adulterated within the provisions of this Act when in- 

 tended for export to any foreign country arid prepared or packed 

 according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser 

 when no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in 

 conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which said article is 

 intended to be shipped; but if said article shall be in fact sold or 

 offered for sale for domestic use or consumption, then this proviso 

 shall not exempt said article from the operation of any of the other 

 provisions of this Act. 



Act June 30, 190G, c. 391'), s. 2. 34 Stat. 7(j>;. 



Previous provisions prohibiting the introduction into any State or 

 Territory or the District of Colunibin, from any other .State, etc., or the 

 sale in the Distiict of Columbia or any Territory, of dairy or food prod- 

 ucts falsely labeled or branded as to the State or Territory in wliich 

 they are made, etc., and providing a penalty for violation tJtiereof, are 

 contained in act July 1. 1902, c. 1357, set forth aliove. 



Regulations for carrying out provisions of act; collection and examination of 

 specimens of foods and drugs. 



Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall make 

 uniform rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of 

 this Act, including the collection and examination of specimens of 

 foods and drugs manufactured or offered for sale in the District of 

 Columbia, or in any Territory of the United States, or which shall 

 be offered for .sale in unbroken packages in any State other than that 

 in which they shall have been respectively manufactured or produced, 

 or which shall be received from any foreign country, or intended for 

 shipment to any foreign country, or which may be submitted for 

 examination by the chief health, food, or drug officer of any State, 

 Territory, or the District of Columbia, or at any domestic or foreign 

 port through which such product is offered for interstate commerce, 

 or for export or import between the United States and any foreign 

 port or country. 



Act June 30, 1906, c. 3915, s. 3, 34 Stat. 768. 



Making of examinations of specimens of foods and drugs; notice of adultera- 

 tion or misbranding to party, and hearing thereon; certification of viola- 

 tions of act to district attorneys; notice by publication of judgment of 

 court. 



Sec. 4. That the examinations of specimens of foods and drugs 

 shall be made in the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of 

 Agriculture, or under the direction and supervision of such Bureau, 

 for the jiurpose of determining from such examinations whether such 

 articles are adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this 

 Act; and if it shall appear from any such examination that any of 

 such specimens is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of 

 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause notice thereof to be 

 given to the party from whom such sauiple was obtained. Any party 

 so notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard, under such 

 rules and regulations as may be prescribed as aforesaid, and if it 

 appears that any of the provisions of this Act have been violated by 

 such party, then the Secretary of Agriculture shall at once certify 



