THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 195 



mixed or compounded, and any substitute used as a constituent 

 in the manufacture thereof. 



Section 8. Defines Adulteration.- -That for the purpose of 

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



In case of confectionery: 



First — If it contains terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, 

 paraffin, mineral fillers or poisonous substances, or poisonous 

 color or flavor. 



Second — If it contains any ingredient deleterious or detri- 

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

 pound, or narcotic drug. 



In case of food : 



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

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

 or purity. 



Second — 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 manufacture 

 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, polished 

 or stained in any manner whereby damage or inferiority is con- 

 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 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. 



