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Section 7. Term Food Defined.— The term "food," as 

 ised herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, con- 

 fectionery or condiment by man or other animals, whether sim^ 

 Die, mixed or compounded, and any substitute used as a con- 

 stituent in the manufacture thereof. 



Section 8. Defines Adulteration.— Thsit for the purpose of 

 this Act, an article shall be deemed to be adulterated — 



In case of confectionery: • 



pirst—U it contains terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yel- 

 low, paraffin, mineral fillers or poisonous substances, or poison- 

 ous color or flavor. 



Second — If it contains any ingredient deleterious or detri- 

 mental to health, or any vinous, malt or spiritous liquor or com- 

 ipound, or narcotic drug. 



In case of food. 



fiyst — If any substance has been mixed or packed with it 

 so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality, strength 

 or purity. 



See Olid — If any substance has been substituted wholly or 

 in part for the article. 



Third — If any valuable constituent of the article has been 

 wholly or in part'^abstracted : Provided, that in the manufac- 

 ture of skim or separated cheese the whole or part of the butter 

 fats in the milk may be abstracted. 



Fourth If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated, polish- 

 ed or stained in any manner whereby damage or inferiority is 

 concealed, or it is made to appear better or of greater value 

 than it really is. 



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 



