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subsequently appear in interstate and intrastate commerce as adulter- 

 ants, even bearing the U. S. P. or other high standard label. These 

 articles above named have been found on the Pacific Coast, distributed 

 as follows: Bombay mace, sold as true mace or mixed with true mace; 

 clove stems as a common adulterant of cloves; powdered pyrethrum 

 stems sold as high grade Dalmation and Persian insect powder; 

 ground olive pits and cocoa shells as the adulterants of black pepper, 

 of nut galls, of cloves, of allspice, etc., ground peanut shells in spices, 

 senna siftings, senna with stems, buchu with stems and cubeb with 

 stems, etc., bearing the U. S. P. label. Mallow leaves are added to 

 Origanum and other leaf spices and to the herbaceous drugs. To such 

 an extent is marjoram adulterated that some spice dealers have decided 

 to take this article off the market rather than take the risk of marketing 

 an adulterated article. 



Sections 6, 7 and 8 of the federal food and drugs act reads as follows : 



SEC. 6. That the term "drug" as used in this Act, shall include all medicines 

 and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopeia or National For- 

 mulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances 

 intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either man 

 or other animals. 



SEC. 7. That for the purpose of this Act an article shall be deemed adulter- 

 ated : 



In the case of drugs: 



First. If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United 

 States Pharmacopeia or National Formulary, it differs from the standard of 

 strength, quality, or purity, as determined by the test laid down in the United 

 States Pharmacopeia or National Formulary official at the time of investigation: 

 Provided, That no drug denned in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National 

 Formulary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this provision if -the standard 

 of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, box, or other 

 container thereof although the standard may differ from that determined by the 

 test laid down in the United States Pharmacopeia or National Formulary. 



Second. ' If its strength or purity fall below the professed standard or quality 

 under which it is sold. 



SEC. 8. That the term "misbranded," as used herein, shall apply to all drugs, 

 or articles of food, or articles which enter into the composition of food, the package 

 or label of which shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding such article, 

 or the ingredients or substances contained therein which shall be false or misleading 

 in any particular, and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the 

 State, Territory, or country in which it is manufactured or produced. 



That for the purposes of this Act an article shall also be deemed to be mis- 

 branded : 



In case of drugs: 



First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another 

 article. 



Second. If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been 

 removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such 



