Food Adulteration and Its Detection: With photomicrographic plates and a bibliographical appendixBattershall, Jesse P. (Jesse Park)
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Food Adulteration and Its Detection: With photomicrographic plates and a bibliographical appendix
Battershall, Jesse P. (Jesse Park)
Food adulteration and inspection; Food adulteration and inspection -- United States
21. That this Act shall go into effect on the ninetieth day after
its passage; and all wooden packages containing ten or more pounds
of oleomargarine found on the premises of any dealer on or after the
ninetieth day succeeding the date of the passage of this Act shall be
deemed to be taxable under section eight of this Act, and shall be
taxed, and shall have affixed thereto the stamps, marks, and brands
required by this Act or by regulations made pursuant to this Act; and
for the purposes of securing the affixing of the stamps, marks and
brands required by this Act, the oleomargarine shall be regarded as
having been manufactured and sold, or removed from the manufactory
for consumption or use, on or after the day this Act takes effect;
and such stock on hand at the time of the taking effect of this Act
may be stamped, marked and branded under special regulations of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, approved by the Secretary of the
Treasury; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may authorise
the holder of such packages to mark and brand the same and to affix
thereto the proper tax-paid stamps.
The following is the United States’ Tea Adulteration Law:--
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and
after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person or
persons or corporation to import or bring into the United States any
merchandise for sale as tea, adulterated with spurious leaf or with
exhausted leaves, or which contains so great an admixture of chemicals
or other deleterious substances as to make it unfit for use; and the
importation of all such merchandise is hereby prohibited.
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