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cealed, or it is made to appear better or of greater value than it 

 really is. 



Fifth — If it contains any added poisonous or other added 

 deleterious ingredient which may render such article injurious 

 to health : Provided, that when the preparation of food pro- 

 ducts for shipment they are preserved by an external application, 

 applied in such a manner that the preservative is necessarily 

 removed 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 diseased 

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



Sec. 9. Misbranded Defined. The term "misbranded," 

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

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

 packages or label 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 

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

 deemed 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 the package as originally put up shall 



