104 Maine; agricuIvTural experiment station. 1909. 



contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed 

 in v^^hole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such 

 package, or if it fail to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or 

 proportion of any morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta 

 eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or 

 any derivative or preparation of any of such substances contained 

 therein. 



Third. If in package form, and the contents are stated in terms of 

 weight or measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the out- 

 side of the package. 



Fourth. If the package containing it or its label shall bear any state- 

 ment, design, or device regarding the ingredients or the substances con- 

 tained therein, which statement, design, or device shall be false or mis- 

 leading in any particular : Provided, that an article of food which does 

 not contain any added poisonous or deleterious 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, 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 the 

 word 'compound,' 'imitation,' or 'blend,' as the case may be, is plainly 

 stated on the package in which it is offered for sale : Provided, that 

 the term 'blend' as used herein shall be construed to mean a mixture 

 of like substances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredi- 

 ents used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only : And provided 

 further, that nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring or com- 

 pelling proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary foods which con- 

 tain no unwholesome added ingredient to disclose their trade formulas 

 except in so far as the provisions of this act may require to secure free- 

 dom from adulteration or misbranding. 



Sec. 5. The director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station 

 shall make uniform rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions 

 of this act, including the collection and examination of specimens of 

 foods and drugs manufactured, sold, transported, or offered for sale or 

 transportation within this state, or which may be submitted for examina- 

 tion by any health, food or drug officer of any town, city or county 

 within this state. The said director may also adopt or fix standards of 

 purity, quality or strength when such standards are not specified or 

 fixed by law and shall publish them together with such other information 

 concerning articles of food and drugs as may be of public benefit. Such 

 rules, regulations and standards shall, where possible, conform to and 

 be the same as the rules and regulations adopted from time to time for 

 the enforcement of act of congress approved June thirtieth, nineteen 

 hundred and six, and known as 'The Food and Drugs Act.' 



