HEALTH. 147

added to Article 43 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland of 1904, title "Health," subtitle "Adulteration of
Food and Drink," to follow Section 140 of said Article and to
be known as Sections 140a, 140b, 140c, 140d, 140e, 140f, 140g,
140h, 140i, 140j, 140k, 1401, 140m, 140n and 140o.

SEC. 140A. That it shall be unlawful for any person, per-
sons, firm or corporation within this State to manufacture for
sale, produce for sale, expose for sale or sell any article of
food, water, drug or disinfectant which is adulterated, mis-
branded or insufficiently labeled within the meaning of this
Act, and any person or persons, firm or corporation who or
which shall manufacture for sale, produce for sale, expose for
sale or sell any article of food, water, drug or disinfectant
which is adulterated, misbranded or insufficiently labeled with
in the meaning of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not to exceed five
hundred dollars, or shall be sentenced to no more than one
year's imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the Court; provided, that no article shall be
deemed misbranded or adulterated within the provisions of
this Act when intended for export to any foreign country and
prepared or packed according to the specifications or direc-
tions of the foreign purchaser, when no substance is used in
the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the laws of
the foreign country to which said article is intended to be
shipped; but if said article shall be in fact sold or offered for
sale for domestic use or consumption, then this proviso shall
not exempt said article from the operation of any of the pro-
visions of this Act.

SEC. 140B. That for the purpose of this Act the term "Drug"
shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the
United States Pharmacopeia or National Formulary for in-
ternal or external use, and any substance or mixture of sub-
etances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation or preven-
tion of disease of either man or animal. The term "food" as
used herein shall include all articles used for food, drink, con-
fectionery or condiment by man or animals, whether simple,
mixed or compound.

SEC. 140c. That for the purpose of this Act an article shall
be deemed adulterated in case of drugs: First, if when a drug
is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States
Pharmacopeia or National Formulary, it differs from the
standard of strength, quality or purity as determined by the
test or tests laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or
National Formulary; provided, that no drug defined in the
United States Pharmacopeia or National Formulary, except
preparations of opium, shall be deemed to be^- adulterated under