260 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



water-solublo forms equivalent to more than three and one-half per 

 eentnm of nrsonious oxide; third, if any substance has been mixed 

 nnd packed \\\th it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect it-^ 

 quality or stren<Tth. 



Lead arsenate. 



In the case of lead arsenate: First, if it contains more than fifty 

 per centum of water; second, if it contains total arsenic equivalent 

 to less than twelve and one-half per centum of arsenic oxid (ASoOJ ; 

 third, if it contains arsenic in water-soluble forms equivalent to more 

 than seventy-five one-hundredths per centum of ai'senic oxid ( AS2O5) ; 

 fourth, if any substances have been mixed and packed Avith it so as to 

 reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength: Pi'ovided^ 

 /unvcver, 'J'hat extra water may be added to lead arsenate (as de- 

 scribed in this paragraph) if the resulting mixture is labeled lead 

 arsenate and Avater, the percentage of extra water being plainly and 

 correctly stated on the label. 



Other insecticides or fungicides. 



In the case of insecticides or fungicides, other than Paris green and 

 lead arsenate: First, if its strength or purity fall below the professed 

 standard or quality under which it is sold; second, if any substance 

 has been substituted wholly or in part for the article ; third, if any 

 valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part ab- 

 stracted; fourth, if it is intended for use on vegetation and shall con- 

 tain any substance or substances which, although preventing, de- 

 stroying, repelling, or mitigating insects, shall l)e injurious to such 

 vegetation when used. 



Act April 2G, 1910, c. 191, s. 7, 36 Stat. 332. 



Definition of term " misbranded " as used in act. * 



Sec, 8. That the term ''misbranded" as used berein shall apply 

 to all in.sect icicles, Paris greens, lead arsenates, or fungicides, or arti- 

 cles 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 ingredients or substances con- 

 tained therein which shiill be falM' or misleading in any particular, 

 and to all insecticides, Paris greens, lead arsenates, or fungicides 

 which are falsely branded as to the State, Territory, or country in 

 which they are manufactured or ])i'oduced. 



That for the ])ur|)ose of this Act an article shall be deemed to be 

 nii.sbranded — 



Insecticides, Paris greens, lead arsenates, and fungicides. 



In the ca.se of insecticides, Paris greens, lead arsenates, and fungi- 

 cides: F'irst, 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 mi.slead the purchaser, or if the contents of the package as origi- 

 nally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other 

 contents .shall have been placed in such package: third, if in package 

 form, and the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure. 



