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Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law  of  Vermont. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
X    February,  1907. 
Sec.  25.  Be  it  enacted,  That  this  Act  shall  be  in  force  and  effect 
from  and  after  the  first  day  of  August,  1907. 
Sec.  26.  Be  it  further  enaGted,  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in 
conflict  with  this  Act  be,  and  the  same  are,  hereby  repealed. 
AMENDMENT  TO  THE  PURE  FOOD  AND  DRUG  LAW 
OF  VERMONT.1 
The  following  amendment  was  approved  December  10,  1906: 
An  Act  in  Amendment  of  and  in  Addition  to  No.  148  of  the  Acts 
of  1904,  entitled  "An  Act  Providing  for  the  Inspection  of 
Food,  Drugs  and  other  articles  in  common  use." 
It  is  hereby  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Vermont : 
Section  i.  Section  2  of  No.  143  of  the  acts  of  1904,  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows,  viz. : 
Sec.  2.  The  term  "  drug  "  as  used  in  this  act  shall  include  all 
medicines  and  preparations  recognized  in  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopoeia or  National  Formulary  for  internal  or  external  use,  and 
any  substance  or  mixture  of  substances  intended  to  be  used  for  the 
cure,  mitigation  or  prevention  of  disease  of  either  man  or  beast. 
The  term  "food"  as  used  herein  shall  include  all  articles,  whether 
simple,  mixed  or  compound,  used  for  food,  drink,  confectionery,  or 
condiments  by  man  or  beast. 
Sec.  2.  Section  3  of  No.  143  of  the  acts  of  1904  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows,  viz. : 
Sec.  3.  For  the  purposes  of  this  act  an  article  shall  be  deemed 
to  be  adulterated : 
In  cases  of  drugs  : 
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  test  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 
Formulary  shall  be  deemed  to  be  adulterated  under  this  provision 
1  We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  for  furnishing  a 
copy  of  this  law. — Editor. 
