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Pure  Food  Bill. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharir. 
t  September,  1906. 
Sec.  3.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture,  and  the  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor  shall  make 
uniform  rules  and  regulations  for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this 
Act,  including  the  collection  and  examination  of  specimens  of  foods 
and  drugs  manufactured  or  offered  for  sale  in  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, or  in  any  Territory  of  the  United  States,  or  which  shall  be 
offered  for  sale  in  unbroken  packages  in  any  State  other  than  that 
in  which  they  shall  have  been  respectively  manufactured  or  pro- 
duced, or  which  shall  be  received  from  any  foreign  country,  or 
intended  for  shipment  to  any  foreign  country,  or  which  may  be 
submitted  for  examination  by  the  chief  health,  food,  or  drug  officer 
of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  at  any 
domestic  or  foreign  port  through  which  such  product  is  offered  for 
interstate  commerce,  or  for  export  or  import  between  the  United 
States  and  any  foreign  port  or  country. 
Sec.  4.  That  the  examinations  of  specimens  of  foods  and  drugs 
shall  be  made  in  the  Bureau  of  Chemisty  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture,  or  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  such  Bureau, 
for  the  purpose  of  determining  from  such  examinations  whether 
such  articles  are  adulterated  or  misbranded  within  the  meaning  of 
this  Act ;  and  if  it  shall  appear  from  any  such  examination  that  any 
of  such  specimens  is  adulterated  or  misbranded  within  the  meaning 
of  this  Act,  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  cause  notice  thereof 
to  be  given  to  the  party  from  whom  such  sample  was  obtained. 
Any  party  so  notified  shall  be  given  an  opportunity  to  be  heard, 
under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  as  aforesaid, 
and  if  it  appears  that  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  have  been 
violated  by  such  party,  then  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  at 
once  certify  the  facts  to  the  proper  United  States  district  attorney, 
with  a  copy  of  the  results  of  the  analysis  or  the  examination  of  such 
article  duly  authenticated  by  the  analyst  or  officer  making  such 
examination,  under  the  oath  of  such  officer.  After  judgment  of  the 
court,  notice  shall  be  given  by  publication  in  such  manner  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  the  rules  and  regulations  aforesaid. 
Sec.  5.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  district  attorney  to 
whom  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  report  any  violation  of  this 
Act,  or  to  whom  any  health  or  food  or  drug  officer  or  agent  of  any 
State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  present  satis- 
factory evidence  of  any  such  violation,  to  cause  appropriate  pro- 
