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1130 HEALTH. [ART. 43
cines as are personally dispensed by regularly licensed practicing physi-
cians, dentists and veterinarians in the course of their practice. Physi-
cians conducting drug stores shall be subject to all the laws, rules and
regulations governing pharmacists.
In case of foods:
First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the dis-
tinctive name of another article.
Second. 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 removed 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 opium, morphine, diacetyl morphine, heroin, cocaine,
holocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, novocaine, alypin, chloroform, canna-
bis indica, chloral hydrate, acetanilid, antifebrin, acetphenetidin, phe-
nacetine, antipyrin or any derivative or preparation of any such sub-
stance contained therein.
Third. If in package form and the contents are stated in terms of
weight or measure and they are not plainly and correctly stated on the
outside of the package.
Fourth. If the package containing it, or its label, shall bear any state-
ment, design or device regarding the ingredients or the substances con-
tained therein which statement, design or device shall be false or mis-
leading in any particular; provided, that an. article of food which does
not contain any added poisonous or deleterious ingredients shall not be
deemed to be adulterated or misbranded in the following cases:
First. 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 accompanied on the
same label or brand with a statement of the place where said article has
been manufactured or produced.
Second. 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," "imitations" 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 ingre-
dients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only.
In case of water:
First. In case of mineral waters labeled "artificial," in conformity
with the provisions of sections 166 to 177, the label bear any design or
device which would lead the consumer to believe that the water is a nat-
ural one.
Second. Or if characterized by a geographical name which gives a
false or misleading idea in regard to composition of said water.
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