RHODE ISLAND. 



GENHKAL FOOD LAWS. 



rrnnJtji for ntluUrrntinfj or mi*l>ran<Ung ; exemption of articles for 

 ' t. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to manufac- 

 ture, sell, or offer for sale within this state, any drug or article of food which 

 iuli.-rated . T misbranded within the meaning of this act, and any person, 

 linn, ni- corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty 

 of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, he punished for the first offense 

 by a line ii"t exceeding fifty dollars, for the second offense by a fine not exceed- 

 in- on,- hundred dollars, and for the third and each subsequent offense by a 

 lin- of two hundred dollars .,r imprisonment for one year: l > rori<Ic<l, that no 

 article shall he deemed misl.randed or adulterated within the provisions of 

 this act when intend. -d for export to any foreign country and prepared or 



iiica tions or directions of the foreign purchaser, 



when no suhstance IB us4d in the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with 

 :-eign country to which said article is intended to be shipped; 

 hut if >.i le in fa -t sold or offered for sale for domestic use or 



mption. then this proviso shall not exempt said article from the operation 

 of au\ of tin- other pn.\ Moiis of this act. 

 [Sees. 2 and D to drugs.] 



SEC. 4. A<lult> i-ntinn iii fiif <i. Food shall be deemed to be adulterated: 

 l-'ii>'. if ;, ice has heen mixed and packed with it so as to reduce 



or lower o t - injuriously affect its quality, strength, or purity. Second. If any 

 substance hai i.een si il ist i t ii ted wholly or in part for the article. Third. If any 

 valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted. 

 Fourth. If it is mixed, colored, jM.wdered. coated, stained, or put up in a man- 

 ner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed. Fifth. If it contains any 

 add'-d poisonous or i.th.-r added ingredient which may render such article in- 

 jurious to health: Provided, that when in the preparation of food products for 

 shipment the\ --rved by any external application applied in such man- 



ner that the preservati -Airily removed mechanically or by maceration, 



in water, or otherwise, and directions for the removal of said preservative shall 

 be printed on the eoverini: of the package, the provisions of this act shall be con- 

 strue! as applying only when said products are ready for consumption. Sixth. 

 If it consists in whole nr in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or 

 able substance, or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manu- 

 factured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one that has died 

 otherwise than by slaughter. 



\<litlt<niti<,n j <<,!> <-tlnn<'nj ilr/inrfl. Confectionery shall be deemed 



to be adulterated if it contains terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, or other 



mineral substances <r poisonous colors or flavors, or other ingredients deleteri- 



r detrimental to health, or any vinous, malt, or spirituous liquor or com- 



l>ound or narcotic drug. 



