For example, fifty or seventy-five years ago the commonly used chemical preservatives, salicylic and benzoic acids and saccharin were unknown and when they were resorted to by manufacturers of foodstuffs it was done secretly and without notice to the consumer. While the presence of a small amount of any one of these substances might not occasion any disturbance in a normal individual there are many instances in which even small amounts are absolutely contraindicated. Under commercial conditions existing previous to the passage of the act mentioned the buyer never could tell just what was contained in a package, which might be marked absolutely pure and be decorated with representations of dozens of medals and prize awards, often based upon superficial judgment of the products so honored. The misbranding clause is Section 8 of the law and reads as follows: “That the term ‘misbranded’ as used herein shall apply to all drugs or articles of food, or articles which enter into the composition of food, the package or label of which shall bear any statement, design or device regarding such article, or the ingredients or substances contained therein, which shall be false or misleading in any particular and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the State, territory or country in which it is manufactured or produced.” Since the act has become effective the products of certain large packing houses, which were formerly called potted ham or potted tongue are now labeled “potted meat, ham-flavor” and “potted meat, tongue-flavor.” The substance has not been changed. It is simply designated by its right name and all the claims for purity made by these firms in the past are now to be judged by the actions of these same firms when under compulsion and in fear of the law. Several years ago a well-known Philadelphian became sponsor for a brand of coffee which was advertised and sold under the caption of “tannin-free coffee.” This purported to be coffee from which the poisonous (?) tannic acid had been removed. Investigation showed it to be coffee from which a chaff-like substance lying between the segments of the bean had been removed by mechanical means, and, as this chaff-like substance was found to contain less tannic acid than the original coffee, and, as the statement as to the tannic acid being poisonous was equally unwarranted, it was one of the most reprehensible of the class of what would now be termed misbranded substances. As a matter of fact the tannic acid in coffee is in such intimate combination with the caffeine and other valuable constituents of the bean that it would be absolutely impossible to remove it without destroying the properties of the coffee so that it would be unrecognizable.