DIGEST OF COMMENTS ON THE PHARMACOPEIA OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA VIII, AND ON THE NATIONAL FORMU- 
LARY III. 
1. GENERAL COMMENTS. 
1. LEGAL STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT. 
1. PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW. 
Wile} 7 , H. TV., discusses the scope of the Federal Food and Drugs 
Act, June 30, 1906, and points out that this act introduces for the 
first time into this country a national control over interstate and 
foreign commerce in foods and drugs. Two standards for drugs 
entering into interstate commerce are specifically noted in the act — 
namely, standards set forth or indicated in the United States Pharma- 
copoeia and the National Formulary; second, standards which are 
placed on the drugs themselves. Under the terms of the act it ap- 
pears that any drug bearing a name recognized in the U. S. P. 
or the N. F. shall be held to conform in strength and purity to the 
standards therein established or indicated, whether they are marked 
L T . S. P. or N. F. or not. — N. York M. J., 1906, v. 48, pp. 1233-1234. 
Circular No. 21, Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department 
of Agriculture, includes the law and rules and regulations for the 
enforcement of the food and drugs act and a reprint of the Food 
and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906. Some additional decisions bearing 
on the enforcement of the food and drugs act are published in cir- 
cular form as Food Inspection Decisions, 40-48, for 1906. 
Wilbert, M. I., comments on the Food ana Drugs Act and points 
out that this law holds that drugs shall be deemed adulterated : 
First. If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in 
the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, it differs 
from the standard of strength, quality, or purity as determined by the 
tests laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National 
Formulary official at the time of investigation: Provided , That no 
drug defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formu- 
lary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this provision if the 
standard of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the 
bottle, box, or other container thereof, although the standard may 
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