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same, is hereby prohibited ; and whoever shall have in his posses- 

 sion, with the intent to sell, sell or offer for sale, any article which 

 is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall 

 be punished as hereinafter provided. Proof that any person, 

 firm or corporation has or had possession of any article which is 

 adulterated or misbranded shall be prima facie evidence that the 

 possession thereof is in violation of this section. 



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

 herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confection- 

 ery or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, mix- 

 ed or compound, and any substance 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 spirituous 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. 



