80 FOOD LEGISLATION, YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1908. 



design, or device shall be false or misleading in any particular: Provided, 

 that an article of food which does not contain any added poisonous or dele- 

 terious ingredients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded in the 

 following cases : 



First. In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now or from 

 time to time hereafter known as articles of food under their own distinctive 

 names, and not an imitation of, or offered for sale under the distinctive name 

 of, another article of food, if the name be accompanied on the same label or 

 brand with a statement of the place where said article has been manufactured 

 or produced. 



Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded, or tagged so as to plainly 

 indicate that they are compounds, imitations or blends, and having the word 

 "compound," "imitation," or "blend" as the case mny be, plainly stated on 

 the package in which such article is offered for sale: provided, the labeling 

 is according to the rules prescribed by the dairy and food commissioner with 

 the approval of the commissioner and board of agriculture and immigration : 



Provided, that the term " blend " as used herein shall be construed to mean 

 a mixture of like substances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring in- 

 gredients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only : and provided 

 further that nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring or compelling 

 proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary foods which contain no unwhole- 

 some added ingredient to disclose their trade formulas, except in so far as 

 the provisions of this act may require to secure freedom from adulteration 

 and misbranding. 



SEC. 8. Sanitary conditions for handling of human food, especially meats. 

 It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to sell, or 

 to have in his possession with intent to sell for human food, meat or meat 

 food products which has been slaughtered, prepared, or kept where the sani- 

 tary conditions, are such that the meat or meat food products are rendered 

 unhealthy, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food. 



All peace and health officers shall have the power and are required to seize 

 any animal carcass or parts of carcasses which are intended for sale or offered 

 for sale for human food, which have been slaughtered and prepared, handled 

 or kept under unsanitary conditions, and shall deliver the same forthwith to 

 and before the nearest police judge or justice of the peace, together with all 

 information obtained, and said police judge or said justice of the peace shall, 

 upon sworn complaint being filed, issue warrant for the arrest of all persons 

 who have violated the provisions of this section, and proceed to try the case. 

 Any person, persons, firm or corporation found guilty of violating the provisions 

 of this Section shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred 

 dollars, and the meat in question shall be destroyed. 



SEC. 9. Guaranty. No dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this 

 act when he can establish a guaranty signed by a wholesale dealer, manufac- 

 turer or other party, residing in Virginia, from whom he purchased such articles, 

 to the effect that the same is not adulterated or misbranded within the mean- 

 ing of this act, designating it. Provided, however, that if the article in ques- 

 tion is in a broken or open package, said guaranty shall not afford immunity 

 from prosecution, unless such dealer shall furnish satisfactory proof that the 

 article has not been changed in quality. The affidavit of such person shall be 

 accepted as such proof, and the person making such affidavit falsely shall be 

 guilty of perjury, and punished accordingly : Said guaranty, to afford pro- 

 tection, shall contain the name and address of the party or parties making the 



