ART. 43] ADULTRATION OF FOOD AND DRINK. 1245
readily visible, or unless the person purchasing the same is
fully informed by the seller of the true name and ingredients
(if other than such as are known by the common name thereof)
of such article of food or drink at the time of making sale
thereof or offering to sell the same.
1890, ch. 604, sec 49
123. No person shall mix any glucose, grape sugar or other
article of adulteration with any syrup, honey or sugar intended
for human food, or any oleomargarine, suine, beef fat, lard or
any other foreign substance with any butter or cheese intended
for human food, nor mix or mingle any glucose, grape sugar
oleomargarine* or other adulterant with any article of food or
dietetics without distinctly marking, stamping or labeling the
article or the package containing the same with the true and
appropriate name of such adulterant, and the percentage in
which it is used for the purpose of adulteration, or enters
into the composition of the article so adulterated; nor shall
any person sell, offer for sale, or permit to be sold or offered
for sale any article of food or drink or dietetics into the com-
position of which any adulterant has entered, without at the
same time informing the buyer of the fact and the proportion
in which such adulterant has been used; provided, that nothing
in this section shall be construed to prevent the use of glucose
or grape sugar in the manufacture of candy.t
Ibid. sec. 50.
124. No person shall adulterate or sophisticate any wine,
vinegar, spirituous or malt liquors used or intended for drink
or dietetic purposes by mixing the same in the manufacture or
preparation thereof or otherwise with any deleterious drug,
substance or liquid which is poisonous or injurious to health;
and no person shall use or offer for sale or import into this
State for sale any wine, vinegar, spirituous or malt liquor
intended to be used for drink or dietetic purposes knowing the
same to be adulterated or in any way sophisticated.tt
Ibid. sec. 51.
126. If any person shall fraudulently adulterate for the
purpose of sale, or shall sell or offer for sale any substance
intended for the food of man, or any wine, vinegar, spirits, malt
*See ante. Art. 27, Secs. 132—125.
t See ante Art 27, Secs. 221—224
tt See ante. Art 27, Secs 306—316
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