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(2)  If  it  be  labeled  or  branded  so  as  to  deceive  or  mislead  the 
purchaser,  or  purport  to  be  a  foreign  product  when  not  so,  or  if  the 
contents  of  the  package  as  originally  put  up  shall  have  been  re- 
moved in  whole  or  in  part  and  other  contents  shall  have  been  placed 
in  such  package,  or  if  it  fail  to  bear  a  statement  on  the  label  of  the 
quantity  or  proportion  of  any  morphine,  opium,  cocaine,  heroin, 
alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  chloroform,  cannabis  indica,  chloral  hydrate, 
or  acetanilid,  or  any  derivative  or  preparation  of  any  of  such  sub- 
stances contained  therein. 
(3)  If  in  package  form,  and  the  contents  are  stated  in  terms  of 
weight  or  measure,  they  are  not  plainly  and  correctly  stated  on  the 
outside  of  the  package. 
(4)  If  the  package  containing  it  or  its  label  shall  bear  any  state- 
ment, design,  or  device  regarding  the  ingredients  or  the  substances 
contained  therein,  which  statement,  design,  or  device  shall  be  false 
or  misleading  in  any  particular :  Provided,  That  an  article  of  food 
which  does  not  contain  any  added  poisonous  or  deleterious  ingre- 
dients shall  not  be  deemed  to  be  adulterated  or  misbranded  in  the 
following  cases : 
(1)  In  the  case  of  mixtures  or  compounds  which  may  be  now  or 
from  time  to  time  hereafter  known  as  articles  of  food,  under  their 
own  distinctive  names,  and  not  an  imitation  of  or  offered  for  sale 
under  the  distinctive  name  of  another  article,  if  the  name  be  accom- 
panied on  the  same  label  or  brand  with  a  statement  of  the  place 
where  said  article  has  been  manufactured  or  produced. 
(2)  In  the  case  of  articles  labeled,  branded,  or  tagged  so  as  to 
plainly  indicate  that  they  are  compounds,  imitations,  or  blends,  and 
the  word  "  compound,"  "  imitation,"  or  "  blend,"  as  the  case  may 
be,  is  plainly  stated  on  the  package  in  which  it  is  offered  for  sale : 
Provided,  That  the  term  blend  as  used  herein  shall  be  construed  to 
mean  a  mixture  of  like  substances,  not  excluding  harmless  coloring 
or  flavoring  ingredients  used  for  the  purpose  of  coloring  and  flavor- 
ing only :  And  provided  further,  That  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be 
construed  as  requiring  or  compelling  proprietors  or  manufacturers 
of  proprietary  foods  which  contain  no  unwholesome  added  ingredient 
to  disclose  their  trade  formulas,  except  in  so  far  as  the  provisions 
of  this  Act  may  require  to  secure  freedom  from  adulteration  or 
misbranding. 
Sec.  9.  That  no  dealer  shall  be  prosecuted  under  the  provisions 
