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branded with the true name of the article, and with either tlie 

 name of the manufacturer and place of manufacture, or the 

 name and address of the packer or dealer who sells the same. 



Fifth — If the package containing it or its label shall bear 

 any statement, design or device regarding the ingredients of the 

 substance contained therein, which statement, design, or device 

 shall be false or misleading 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 following cases : 



First — In case of mixtures or compounds which may te 

 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 the article has been manufactured 

 or produced. 



Second — In case of articles labeled, branded or tagged so as 

 to plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations or blends, 

 and the w^ord ''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 ingredients used for the purpose 

 of coloring and flavoring only ; and as applied to alcohol bever- 

 ages, only those distilled spirits shall be regarded as "like sub- 

 stances" w^hich are distilled from the fermented mash of grain 

 and are of the same alcoholic strength : And, provided, further, 

 that nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring or com- 

 pelling proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary foods, which 

 contain no unwholesome added ingredients to disclose their trade 

 formulas, except in so far as the provisions of this Act may re- 

 quire to secure freedom from adulteration or misbranding. 



Third — In the case of mixtures of corn syrup (glucose) or 

 corn sugar (dextrose) or corn sugar syrup, with cane or beet 

 sugar (sucrose) or cane or beet sugar syrup, in food, if the 

 maximum percentage of corn syrup (glucose), or corn sugar 



