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exported, or is otherwise falsely labeled in any respect, the said article shall be 

 refused admission, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse delivery to 

 the consignee and shall cause the destruction of any goods refused delivery 

 which shall not be exported by the consignee within three months from the 

 date of notice of such refusal under such regulations as the Secretary of the 

 Treasury may prescribe : Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may de- 

 liver to the consignee such goods pending examination and decision in the mat- 

 ter on execution of a penal bond for the amount of the full invoice value of 

 such goods, together with the duty thereon, and on refusal to return such goods 

 for any cause to the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury, when demanded, 

 for the purpose of excluding them from the country, or for any other purpose, 

 said consignee shall forfeit the full amount of the bond : And provided further, 

 That all charges for storage, cartage, and labor on goods which are refused ad- 

 mission or delivery shall be paid by the owner or consignee, and in default of 

 such payment shall constitute a lien against any future importation made by 

 such owner or consignee. 



SEC. 12. That the term " Territory " as used in this act shall include the 

 insular possessions of the United States. The word " person " as used in this 

 act shall be construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case 

 demands, and shall include corporations, companies, societies, and associations. 

 When construing and enforcing the provisions of this act, the act, omission, 

 or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any 

 corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employ- 

 ment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or 

 failure of such corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of 

 the person. 



SEC. 13. That this act shall be in force and effect from and after the first 

 day of January, nineteen hundred and seven. 



Approved, June 30, 1906. 



APPENDIX K 



COMMUNICATION FROM CHIEF OF BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, UNITED STATES 

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, REFERRING TO PROSECUTIONS UNDER 



FEDERAL PURE-FOOD LAW. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., December 2, 1910. 



The WASHINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 



Washington, D. C. 



GENTLEMEN : In further reply to your inquiries respecting standards for milk, 

 I am transmitting, in accordance with your request of November 18, additional 

 data bearing specifically upon the question which your committee is so carefully 

 considering. Attached to this is also a memorandum prepared by the assistant 

 chief of this bureau, Dr. W. D. Bigelow, and copies of certain notices of judg- 

 ment obtained as a result of prosecutions secured against interstate shipments 

 of milk. 



I need not assure you again how earnestly this bureau is endeavoring to coop- 

 erate with you in your efforts to secure a proper milk supply. In this connection 

 I beg to say that the ordinary pasteurized milk of commerce is a dangerous 

 article far more so than the so-called raw milk. I may say that as many as 

 54,000,000 organisms per cubic centimeter have been found in milk alleged 

 to have been pasteurized 24 hours after the pasteurization is said to have been 

 accomplished. Pasteurized milk is only to be tolerated when certified by an 

 independent official as to the efficiency of pasteurization and the suitability of it 

 for consumption. 



Respectfully, H. W. WILEY, Chief. 



