350 HOW DOES MAN DETERMINE THE VALUE OF FOOD? 



substances like formalin, a harmful preservative, to keep it sweet 

 for a longer time. 



FEDERAL FOOD & DRUGS ACT 



HERE ARE ITS POWERS AND LIMITATIONS REGARDING 

 THE SALE OF "PATENT MEDICINES" 



IT APPLIES ONLY TO PRODUCTS THAT 

 ARE MADE IN ONE STATE AND SOLD IN 

 ANOTHER ( INTER STATE COMMERCE). 



IT PROHIBITS "FALSE OR MISLEADING- 

 STATEMENTS ( IN OR ON THE TRADE 

 PACKAGE ONLY ) REGARDING COMPOSITION 

 AND SOURCE OF ORIGIN. 



IT PROH I BITS FALSE AND FRAUDULENT- 

 STATEMENTS ( IN OR ON THE TRADE 

 PACKAGE ONLY ) REGARDING CURATIVE 

 EFFECTS. 



IT REQUIRES the manufacturers 



OF NOSTRUMS TO DECLARE ( IN OR ON THE 

 TRADE PACKAGE ONLY ) THE PRESENCE AND 

 AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL, MORPHINE. OPIUM, 

 COCAINE, HEROIN, EUCAINE. CHLOROFORM, 

 CANNABIS INDICA. CHLORAL HYDRATE AND 

 ACETANILID AND THEIR DERIVATIVES. 



IT DOES NOT APPLY to products 



THAT ARE SOLD IN THE SAME STATE AS 

 THAT IN WHICH THEY ARE MADE (I NTRA- 

 STATE COMMERCE). 



IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT false or 



MISLEADING STATEMENTS IN NEWSPAPER 

 ADVERTISEMENTS. CIRCULARS. WINDOW 

 DISPLAYS, ETC. 



IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT any kind 



OF A LIE REGARDING CURATIVE EFFECTS 

 IF THAT LIE IS TOLD ELSEWHERE THAN IN 

 OR ON THE TRADE PACKAGE! 



IT DOES NOT REQUIRE patent 



MEDICINE" MAKERS TO DECLARE EVEN 

 THE PRESENCE OF SUCH DEADLY POISONS 

 AS PRUSSIC ACID, CARBOLIC ACID. ARSENIC. 

 STRYCHNINE -NOR ANY OF SCORES OF 

 OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS 1 



Read this carefully. 



In what respects is this a good law ? 

 in it? 



American Medical Association 

 What changes would you suggest 



Self-Testing Exercise 



Adulteration is the (1) of some (2) substance in 



a food, the subtraction of some (3) substance from a food or 



the addition of some (4) substance to a food. Saccharine is a 



substitute for (5), chickory for (6), and olive oil for 



(7) (8). 



PROBLEM VIII. WHAT IS THE TRUTH ABOUT STIMULANTS 

 AND NARCOTICS? 



Stimulants. We have learned that food is anything that 

 supplies building material or releases energy in the body; but 

 some materials used by man, presumably as food, do not come 

 under this head. Such are tea and coffee. When taken in moder- 



