go  Draft  of  Proposed  Drug  Law  for  Penna.      {A  February!?^ ' 
DRAFT  OF  A  PROPOSED  DRUG  LAW  FOR  THE  STATE 
OF  PENNSYLVANIA.1 
An  Act  for  preventing  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  adulterated  or 
misbranded  drugs. 
Be  it  enacted — 
Section  i.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  manufacture 
or  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  drug  which  is  adulterated  or  misbranded, 
within  the  meaning  of  this  Act,  and  any  person  who  shall  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  for  each  offence  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined 
not  to  exceed  fifty  dollars,  and  for  each  subsequent  offence  and  con. 
viction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars. 
Sec.  2.  That  the  term  "  drug  "  as  used  in  this  Act  shall  include 
all  medicines  and  preparations  recognized  in  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopoeia, the  National  Formulary  or  the  American  Homeopathic 
Pharmacopoeia  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  men  or  other  animals. 
Sec.  3.  That  for  the  purpose  of  this  Act  an  article  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  adulterated 
First.  If,  when  a  drug  is  sold  under  or  by  any  name  recognized 
by  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  the  National  Formulary  or  the 
American  Homeopathic  Pharmacopoeia,  it  differs  from  the  standard 
of  strength,  quality,  or  purity,  as  determined  by  the  tests  laid  down 
in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  the  National  Formulary  or  the 
American  Homeopathic  Pharmacopoeia :  Provided,  That  no  drugs 
defined  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  the  National  Formu- 
lary or  the  American  Homeopathic  Pharmacopoeia  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  differ  from  that  de- 
termined by  the  test  laid  down  by  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia, 
the  National  Formulary  or  the  American  Homeopathic  Pharma- 
copoeia. 
1  This  draft  was  prepared  by  George  A.  Gorgas  and  further  elaborated  at  a 
meeting  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  chairman  of  the  joint  conferences 
held  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  January  15.  The  editor  is  in- 
debted to  Mr.  Mahlon  N.  Kline  for  supplying  him  with  a  copy. 
