MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPLRIMLNT STATION. I909. 



FOOD AND DRUGS. 



The Maine Food and Drug Law is in accord with the National 

 Food and Drug Act, June 30, 1906, and demands freedom from 

 adulteration and truthful labeling. The standards and regula- 

 tions are too long to be here printed. 



. Chapter 124 of the Public Laws of 1907. 



Sec. I. It shall be unlawful for any person within this state to manu- 

 facture, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, any article 

 of food or drug which is adulterated or misbranded within the mean- 

 ing of this act. 



Sec. 2. The term 'drug,' as used in this act, shall include all medi- 

 cines and preparations recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia 

 or national formulary 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. The term 

 'food,' as used herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, 

 confectionery, or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, 

 mixed or compound. 



Sec. 3. For the purposes of this act an article shall be deemed to be 

 adulterated : 



In case of drugs : 



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

 United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary, it differs from the 

 standard of strength, quality or purity, as determined by the test laid 

 down in the United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary official 

 at the time of investigation : Provided, that no drug defined in the 

 United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary shall be deemed to 

 be adulterated under this provision if the standard of strength, quality, 

 or purit}' be plainly stated upon the bottle, box oi' other container thereof 

 although the standard may differ from that determined by the test laid 

 down in the United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary. 



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

 or quality under which it is sold. 



In the case of confectionery : 



If it contains terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome jellow, or other mineral 

 substances or poisonous color or flavor, or other ingredient deleterious 

 or detrimental to health, or any vinous, malt, or spirituous liquor or 

 compound or narcotic drug. 



In the case of food : 



First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to 

 reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength. 



