It must be reaffirmed then that in digestive activity both the Lactopeptine purchased in the United States and that bought in England are essentially weak saccharated pepsins. [Editorial Note.--The report of 1907 demonstrated that Lactopeptine was at that time a weak saccharated pepsin. The present report shows that Lactopeptine, as it is sold both in the United States and Great Britain, is still the same weak pepsin preparation. By the false statements which appear on the Lactopeptine labels the exploiters lay themselves liable to prosecution under the Food and Drugs Act--just as they have laid themselves liable for the past six years. The continued exploitation of this preparation warrants a restatement of facts that have been given many times before: 1. A preparation having the composition claimed for Lactopeptine--a powder containing pepsin, pancreatin, diastase, lactic acid and hydrochloric acid--cannot be produced commercially. 2. Even if such a combination were available, the acidity of the mixture itself and of the gastric juice would in all probability destroy the pancreatin before it could reach the intestinal tract. 3. Even if every constituent could exert its proper function at the right time, the administration of such a shotgun mixture would be unscientific and uncalled for.]--(_From The Journal A. M. A., Aug. 2, 1913._) MEAT AND BEEF JUICES[U] Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry [U] See also following report on Valentine’s Meat Juice and article on Meat Extracts and Meat Juices, p. 470. The following was submitted to the Council by a subcommittee: _To the Council_:--While meat extracts contain only traces of coagulable proteids and have little food value, meat juices are prepared by a process which ensures the presence in the finished product of considerable quantities of coagulable proteids and they therefore have considerable value as foods. Many preparations which are sold as beef juices or meat juices have no right to these designations. Since the public and physicians are likely to be misled by the names given to these products and by the false claims which are made for them as foods and depend on them in the nourishment of the sick, it is important that their composition and their value as foods should be known. In the following report is presented the results of an examination of some of the commercial products found on the American market. The report shows that _Wyeth’s Beef Juice_ (John Wyeth & Bro., Philadelphia), _Bovinine_ (The Bovinine Co., New York), _Carnine_ (Carnine Co., Fougera & Co., New York), and _Valentine’s Meat Juice_ (M. J. Valentine, Richmond, Va.) are sold under names which are incorrect, that their composition is not correctly stated by the manufacturers and that false and misleading statements are made in regard to their value as food.