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if  the  standard  of  strength,  quality  or  purity  be  plainly  stated  upon 
the  bottle,  box  or  other  container  thereof,  although  the  standard 
may  differ  from  that  determined  by  the  test  laid  down  in  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  or  National  Formulary. 
Second.  If  its  strength  or  purity  falls  below  the  professed  stand- 
ard or  quality  under  which  it  is  sold. 
In  the  case  of  confectionery: 
If  it  contains  terra  alba,  barytes,  talc,  chrome  yellow,  or  other 
mineral  substance  or  poisonous  color  or  flavor,  or  other  ingredient 
deleterious  or  detrimental  to  health,  or  any  vinous,  malt  or  spirituous 
liquor  or  compound  or  narcotic  drugs. 
In  the  case  of  food  : 
First.  If  any  substance  has  been  mixed  and  packed  with  it  so  as 
to  reduce  or  lower  or  injuriously  affect  its  quality  or  strength. 
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. 
Fourth.  If- it  be  mixed,  colored,  powdered,  coated  or  stained  in 
a  manner  whereby  damage  or  inferiority  is  concealed. 
Fifth.  If  it  contains  any  added  poisonous  or  other  added 
deleterious  ingredient  which  may  render  such  article  injurious  to 
health ;  provided,  that  when  in  the  preparation  of  food  products  for 
shipment  they  are  preserved  by  any  external  application  applied  in 
such  manner  that  the  preservative  is  necessarily  removed  mechan- 
ically, or  by  maceration  in  water  or  otherwise,  and  directions  for  the 
removal  of  said  preservative  shall  be  printed  on  the  covering  of  the 
package,  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  applying 
only  when  said  products  are  ready  for  consumption. 
Sixth.  If  it  consists  in  whole  or  in  part  of  a  filthy,  decomposed 
or  putrid  animal  or  vegetable  substance,  or  any  portion  of  an  animal 
unfit  for  food,  whether  manufactured  or  not,  or  if  it  is  the  product 
of  a  diseased  animal,  or  one  that  has  died  otherwise  than  by 
slaughter. 
Sec.  3.  No.  143  of  the  acts  of  1904,  is  hereby  amended  by 
adding  a  new  section  to  be  numbered  section  4,  which  shall  read  as 
follows,  viz. : 
Sec.  4.  The  term  "  misbranded,"  as  used  herein,  shall  apply  to 
all  drugs,  or  articles  of  food,  or  articles  which  enter  into  the  com- 
