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Fifth — If it contains any added poisonous or other de- 

 leterious ingredient which may render such article injurious to 

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

 for shipment they are preserved by an external application, ap- 

 plied in such a manner that the preservative is necessarily re- 

 moved mechanically, or by maceration in water, or otherwise, 

 and directions for the removal of said preservatives shall be 

 printed on the covering of the package, the provisions of this 

 Act shall be construed as applying only when such products are 

 ready for consumption ; and formaldehyde, hydrofluoric acid, 

 boric acid, salicylic acid and all compounds and derivatives there- 

 of are hereby declared unwholesome and injurious. 



Sixth — If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decom- 

 posed or putrid, infected, tainted or rotten animal or vegetable 

 substance or article, or any portion of an animal unfit for food, 

 whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a dis- 

 eased animal, or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter. 



Section 9. Misbranded Defined. — The term "misbranded" 

 as used herein, shall apply to all articles of food or drink, or ar- 

 ticles which enter into the composition of food or drink, the 

 packages or label (s) of which shall bear any statement, design, 

 or device regarding such article, or the ingredients or substance 

 contained therein which shall be false or misleading in any par- 

 ticular; and to any such products which are falsely branded as 

 to manufacturer, packer, or dealer who sells the same or as to the 

 state, territory, or country in which it is manufactured or pro- 

 duced. That for the purpose of this Act an article shall be 

 deemed to be misbranded — 



In case of food : 



First — If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the 

 distinctive name of another article. 



Second — If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mis- 

 lead the purchaser, or purports to be a foreign product when not 

 so, or if the contents of a package as originally put up shall 

 have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall 

 have been placed in such package, or if it shall fail to bear a 



