296 LAW IN REFERENCE TO ADULTERATED DRUGS. 
nently and legibly affixed to each parcel,'' careful inspec- 
tion and examination must be made by the United States 
appraisers to see that the true name of the manufacturer, 
and also the place where said articles were prepared, are 
< legibly affixed to each parcel by stamp, label, or other- 
wise," as required by the second section of the act. In de- 
aiiltof these requisites the Collector^will immediately report 
the case with all the facts to the United States District At- 
torney in order that he may institute the necessary legal 
proceedings to obtain a decree of condemnation and for- 
feiture of the articles in pursuance of the act. When a de- 
cree of condemnation and forfeiture, for the causes before 
stated, takes place, an immediate examination of the arti- 
cles in the manner indicated in the third section of the act, 
must be had to ascertain whether all or any of the articles 
contained in the importation possess the standard of strength 
and purity therein required. If any articles do not agree 
with these standards, they cannot be sold, like other for- 
feited goods, as it would defeat the object of the law thus 
to throw upon the community adulterated and spurious 
drugs and medicines. Such portion of the importation as 
may prove to possess the proper standard of strength and 
purity may be immediately sold and the proceeds accounted 
for as in ordinary cases of forfeiture. But the adulterated 
and spurious articles contained in the importation must be 
destroyed in the manner hereinafter mentioned. 
It will be observed on reference to the third section of the 
act tliat all imported " drugs, medicines and medicinal pre- 
parations,'' &c.," are to be tested in reference to strength 
and purity by the standards established by the United 
States, Edinburgh, London, French, and German pharma- 
copoeias and dispensatories." It is not conceived to be the 
intention of the law that the articles referred to should con- 
form in strength and purity to each and all of those stand- 
ards, as such conformity is believed to be impracticable 
wing to the variations in those standards. If, therefore, 
