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Regulation 4-Methods of Analysis

(Section 4.)

(a) Drugs recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for which methods of analysis have been prescribed in said Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary shall be analyzed by these methods.

(b) All foods and such drugs as are are not included in paragraph (a) of this regulation shall be analyzed by the methods prescribed by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, when applicable, Provided, however, That any method of analysis or examination satisfactory to the Bureau of Chemistry may be employed.

(c) All foods or drugs for which no methods of analysis have been prescribed, either in the Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary or by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, shall be analyzed or examined by methods satisfactory to the Bureau of Chemistry.

Regulation 5-Hearings-Procedure Without Hearing

(Sections 4 and 5.)

(a) Whenever it appears that an article is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the act, and proceedings are contemplated under section 1 or 2, notice shall be given to the party or parties against whom prosection is under consideration and to other interested parties, and a date shall be fixed at which such party or parties may be heard. The hearing shall be held at the office of the Bureau of Chemistry most convenient to the parties cited, and shall be private and confined to questions of fact. The parties notified may present evidence, either oral or written, in person or by attorney, to show cause why the matter should not be referred for prosecution as a violation of the Federal food and drugs act.

(b) After a hearing is held, if it appears that the act has been violated, the Secretary of Agriculture shall report the facts to the proper United States attorney.

(c) The health, food, or drug officer or agent of any State, Territory, city, or the District of Columbia who shall obtain satisfactory evidence of a violation of the act may present such evidence direct to the proper United States district attorney for appropriate action under the Federal food and drugs act.

(d) When the procedure outlined in paragraph (c) is not followed, the health, food, or drug officer or agent of any State, Territory, city, or the District of Columbia, commis

sioned by the Secretary of Agriculture, who obtains satisfactory evidence of any violation of section 1 or 2 of the act shall submit such evidence to the Bureau of Chemistry in order that a date for a hearing may be fixed and notice given to the proper party.

Regulation 6-Guaranty

(Section 9.)

(a) Any wholesaler, manufacturer, jobber, or other party residing in the United States may furnish to any dealer to whom he sells any article of food or drug a guaranty that such article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Federal food and drugs act.

(b) Each guaranty to afford protection shall be signed by, and shall contain the name and address of, the wholesaler, manufacturer, jobber, dealer, or other party residing in the United States making the sale of the article or articles covered by it to the dealer, and shall be to the effect that such article or articles are not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Federal food and drugs act, specifically designating said act.

(c) If a particular guaranty in respect to any article or articles be given, it should be incorporated in or attached to the bill of sale, invoice, bill of lading, or other schedule, giving the name and quantity of the article or articles sold, and shall not appear on the label or package. A guaranty, if worded substantially according to the following form, will comply with all the requirements of the act:

I (we), the undersigned, do hereby guarantee that the articles of food (or drugs) listed herein (or specifying the same) are not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Federal food and drugs act.

(Signature and address of guarantor.)

(d) In lieu of a particular guaranty for each consignment, lot, or article of food or drugs, a general continuing guaranty may be furnished by the guarantor to actual or prospective purchasers. Such general guaranty shall conform to the requirements of paragraph (b) of this regulation.

(e) It having been determined that the legends "Guaranteed under the food and drugs act, June 30, 1906," and "Guaranteed by (name of guarantor), under the food and drugs act, June 30, 1906," borne on the labels or packages of foods and drugs, are each misleading and deceptive, in that the public is induced by such legends to believe that the arti

cles to which they relate have been examined and approved by the Government and that the Government guarantees that they comply with the law, the use of either legend, or any similar legend, on labels or packages is prohibited.

(f) A dealer in food or drug products will not be liable to prosecution if he can establish that the articles were sold to him under a guaranty given in compliance with this regulation.

Regulation 7-Publication
(Section 4.)

(a) After judgment of the court in any proceeding under the act, notice shall be given by publication. Such notice shall include the finding of the court and may include the findings of the analyst and such explanatory statements of facts as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem appropriate.

(b) This publication may be made in the form of a circular, notice, or bulletin, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct.

(c) If an appeal be taken from the judgment of the court before such publication, that fact shall appear.

Regulation 8-Standards for Drugs

(Section 7, in the case of drugs.)

(a) A drug sold under or by a name, or a synonym, recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, unless labeled as prescribed by paragraph (b) of this regulation, shall conform to the standard of strength, quality, or purity for the article as determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary official at the time of investigation. An article shall not be deemed to conform to such standard of strength, quality, or purity unless it conforms in every respect to all the requirements and specifications of the United States Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary for the article.

(b) A drug sold under or by a name, or a synonym, recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary which does not conform to the standard of strength, quality, or purity for the article as determined by the test laid down therein shall be labeled with a statement to the effect that the drug is not a United States Pharmacopoia or National Formulary article; in addition it shall be labeled with a statement showing its own actual strength, quality, or purity, or else with a clear and exact statement of the nature and extent of the deviation from the standard of

strength, quality, or purity set out for such article in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary.

Regulation 9-Confectionery

(Section 7.)

The term "food" includes articles used for confectionery. The provisions of the act relating to food, as well as the specific provisions relating to confectionery, apply to confectionery.

Regulation 10-Powdered

(Section 7, paragraph fourth, in the case of food.

An article of food shall neither be covered with a powder nor reduced to a powder in such manner that damage or inferiority is concealed.

Regulation 11-Poisonous or Deleterious Ingredients

(Section 7, paragraph fifth, in the case of food.)

A poisonous or other deleterious ingredient shall not be added to an article of food in such quantity as may by any possibility render the article injurious to health. Any ingredient artificially introduced into an article of food is an added ingredient.

Regulation 12-External Application of Preservatives

(Section 7, proviso of paragraph fifth, in the case of food.)

A food to which a preservative is applied externally, in order to be within the proviso of section 7, paragraph fifth, must bear on the covering or package directions for the effective removal of such preservative.

Regulation 13-Colors and Preservatives

(Section 7, in the case of food.)

(a) Only harmless colors and harmless preservatives may be used in articles of food.

(b) A color, preservative, or other substance, even though harmless, shall not be used in the preparation of any article of food in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed.

(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall determine from time to time the wholesomeness of colors, preservatives, and other substances which are added to foods, and shall make

public announcement in such manner as he may deem appropriate of the results of the investigations. When so published the results of the investigation shall serve as a guide in enforcing the act.

(d) The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the certification of colors found by him to be in compliance with the law and these regulations.

Regulation 14-Label

(Section 8.)

(a) The term "label," as used in this act, includes any legend and descriptive matter or design appearing upon the article or its container, and also includes circulars, pamphlets, and the like which are packed and go with the article to the purchaser, and such letters, circulars, and pamphlets to which reference is made either on the label attached to the package or on the package itself.

(b) The label shall bear, plainly and conspicuously dis- played, all the information specifically required by the act, e. g., the quantity of the contents of food in package form, in accordance with regulation 26, and the quantity or proportion of the drugs named in section 8 of the act, in accordance with regulations 24 and 25. The label shall also bear such other descriptive matter as the character of the product may require.

(c) A label in a foreign language shall conform to these regulations and shall bear all the information required by the act in English, as well as in each of the foreign languages used to describe the article of food or drugs.

(d) The label shall be free from any statement, design, or device regarding the article or the ingredients or substances contained therein, or quality thereof, or place of origin, which is false or misleading in any particular. The terms "design" and "device" include pictorial matter of every description, abbreviations, characters, and signs.

(e) A food or drug product shall not be labeled or branded in such a manner as to deceive or mislead the purchaser. Direct misstatements and indirect representations regarding the article or its ingredients by means of designs, printed testimonials, devices, or artifices in the arrangement, style or dress of the package, or in the arrangement of the printed or pictorial matter in or upon the label or package are prohibited.

(f) An article containing more than one food product or active medicinal agent is misbranded if named after a single constituent. In the case of drugs the nomenclature employed

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