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4. In the case of all articles having a standard of purity fixed by any of the laws 

 of the State, the certificate of the analyst should show the relation of the article in 

 question to that standard. 



5. Where standards of strength, purity, or quality are not fixed by law, the com- 

 mittee of analysts shall present to the State board of health such standard as in 

 their judgment should be fixed. 



6. Each analyst should keep a record book, in which should be entered notes, as 

 follows : 



(1) From whom the sample is received. 



(2) Date, time, and manner in which the sample was received. 



(3) Marks on package, sealed or not. 



(4) Results of analysis in detail. 



This record should be produced at each meeting of the committee. 



7. At the completion of the analysis a certificate in the form given below should be 

 forwarded to the person from whom the sample was received, and a duplicate copy 

 sent to the State board of health. 



CERTIFICATE. 



To ivhom it may concern : 



I t , a member of the committee of public analysts, appointed by the State 



board of health of Now Jersey under provisions of an act entitled "An. act to prevent 

 the adulteration of food and drugs," approved March 25, 1881, do hereby certify 



that I received from , on the day of , 188-, a sample of , sealed 



as required by the rules of said board, and bearing the following words, to wit: 



I carefully mixed said samples and have analyzed the same, and hereby certify and 

 declare the results of my analyses to be as follows: . 



[Signature.] . 



EXCEPTIONS. 



The following exceptions are adopted : 



Mustard. Compounds of mustard with rice flour, starch, or flour may be sold if 

 each package is marked " Compound Mustard," and if not more than 25 per cent, of 

 such substance is added to the mustard. 



Coffee. Compounds of coffee with chicory, rye, wheat, or other cereals, may be 

 sold if the package is marked " A Mixture," and if the label states the per cent, of 

 coffee contained in said mixture. 



Oleomargarine and other imitation dairy products may be sold if each package is 

 marked with the name of the substance, and in all respects fulfils the terms of the 

 special law as to these. 



Sirvys. When mixed with glucose, sirup may bo sold if the package is marked 

 "A Mixture." 



The following are the statutes of the State of Massachusetts relating 

 to the adulteration of food and drugs : 



GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO ADULTERATION. 

 FOOD AND DRUGS. 



SECTION 1. No person shall, within this Commonwealth, manufacture for sale, offer 

 >r sale, or sell any drug or article of food which is adulterated within the meaning 

 )f this act. 



2. The term " drug" as used in this act shall include all medicines for internal or 

 :ternal use, an tiseptics, disinfectants, and cosmetics. The term " food " as used herein 



ill include all articles used for food or drink by man. 



3. An article shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this act 

 (a) In the case of drugs. (I) If, when sold under or by a name recognized in the 



Tnited States Pharmacopoeia, it (lifters from the standard of strength, quality, or 



