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The  law  is  specific  on  the  subject  of  declaring  the  amount  of 
alcohol  present  in  medicinal  agents,  as  can  readily  be  seen  from  the 
following  language  :  "  An  article  shall  also  be  deemed  misbranded 
*  *  *  if  the  package  fail  to  bear  a  statement  on  the  label  of  the 
quantity  or  proportion  of  any  alcohol  *  *  *  contained  therein." 
No  medicinal  preparations  are  exempt,  whether  they  are  made  ac- 
cording to  formulae  given  in  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  or  National 
Formulary  or  formulae  taken  from  any  other  source.  The  serial 
number,  with  or  without  the  guarantee  legend,  does  not  exempt  a 
preparation  from  this  requirement.  The  law  does  not  make  any 
statement  as  to  the  amount  of  alcohol  that  may  or  may  not  be 
employed.  It  requires,  however,  that  whatever  amount  be  present 
shall  be  set  forth  on  the  label.  The  percentage  of  alcohol  given  on 
the  label  should  be  the  percentage  of  absolute  alcohol  by  volume 
contained  in  the  finished  product.  The  manner  in  which  it  should 
be  printed  is  shown  in  F.  I.  D.  52. 
James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agticulture. 
Washington,  D.  C,  March  13,  1907. 
METHOD   OF  STATING     QUANTITY    OR  PROPORTION    OF  PREPARATIONS 
(CONTAINING  OPIUM,  MORPHINE,  ETC.)  USED  IN  MANUFACTURING 
OTHER  PREPARATIONS. 
Many  inquiries  are  received  as  to  the  method  of  stating  the 
quantity  or  proportion  of  preparations  (containing  opium,  mor- 
phine, etc.)  used  in  the  manufacture  of  other  preparations.  Of 
these  the  following  are  typical  : 
"  If  the  label  on  the  bottle  were  to  bear  the  words  '  Tincture  of 
Opium,'  I  reason  that  as  this  is  a  definitive  preparation,  constituting 
a  preparation  of  opium,  and  so  definite  as  to  its  composition  that  to 
any  intelligent  persons  it  expresses  definitely  all  that  it  is  desirable 
to  express,  the  use  of  this  title  alone  should  be  sufficient.  I  feel 
that  as  a  preparation  it  is  distinct  from  opium,  and  if  this  particular 
tincture  is  used  in  the  manufacture  of  a  preparation  the  mention  of 
it  alone  should  be  sufficient. 
"Where  extract  or  tincture  of  cannabis  indica,  or  extract  of  opium, 
is  employed  in  making  other  drug  products,  would  it  not  be  com- 
plying with  the  law  if  the  use  of  such  articles  be  clearly  indicated 
on  the  label  as  prescribed  by  the  law,  or  is  it  necessary  to  give  the 
