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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
iionorable 5. Ooorby Salt& Diractor
bureau of Food and Ilruga
Tioxar Btatr Board sf 8881th
Austin, ‘poxas
above stnt8d quertrw.
pxwldba, la gart,
or diatr lbutlon,
8Slan of tlm
&sbliab.rurnt, then a separate
&all ba rw@imd for each
“The ters: ‘manufmdarb’ 88 wed In t&La Arti-
PIR rhall EieM the procer* of CcnnbLR~ or purl-
ryinc; brtfalsr OS Pood or drug8 aud gaokaging
ame Ear 8814 to thu c~nsuiaer~ 4ithia by uhols-
ralb or iwtail, . . . Any person, tlrm ix 5oz-
poratioa who reprmeat tbemgslver ar rerponolblr
819
Honorable J. Overby Smith, pl~zcl 2
for tha purity sad tti proper brend.Lng of eny arti-
cle of focd or drug, by plaolq ar bavlng placed
their mune or nanma and address upon tha label of
any food or drug, ahall ba deemoda mamSm3turrr
and lnaludtid U:thin the iaimtug of this Article.
Any pm*on, flha,or aorpoPatlw uho opts into
thin State Pram any place not within "k t aonti-
rmntal llmita of th8 United States, any artida
or food or erugp shall be lJepcuatr8 u1thlA tkn
lTmuab$ cklthft APtrcl%.
" . . ..II
Ye have baen unable to $3~6 my 8uthority wu&ir
the Texas Food and nru$ Lava ar tin Fedem Fur0 PO& &U8
whorain the OouPta h8Va ooari4wml &ha question aa to whet&-
er or not lo* is amaalder& a food, o)!whet&or or not it ia
deemedto b8 uf artlala ulthin tJaapurview oS,~uuh lava.
SlAua lm have no ruthority dir*otly in palat a the rubj.ot
under dlrouaaion, It would k viotwlly
uad orrrta&- mdlaaa
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#U’Ve
A0OQO8tFtWtlVe p uE~Ot0
8elrgound the
and AuUWUll
0aP10u8briaitbfk8 of ‘soad as so radewd by,tlw 00Lsrta,
for the maaniw of 8 word ln tha light of ona lUtutw my
be entll’O4 ditfOI%At f&WA 8W& iAt8rpf&AtiOA ‘VbA AWNer-
ad in V&Or Of SAOt&r St&X&*. %‘hUCfOEO, Ve t’kl-A t0 tb8
lta tut8athemwalve~ to datol%aiAo t&eir plmpoaa and to 8ttompt
EO 0bt.8~ tharfma~ th8 itwit 0r th6 bgi8htw 88 t0 a8t
they ootsidwod a0 ooartituthg *food” u&er thew ltatutsc.
AS to utut the Id$i8l.atwe bed in 2nLad as oanatltut-
ing r00d th0 UA~
8tAtUt4b8, VO fLPd their eetlAit1oA wtdw
&tie18 4471, Vernon’s Anwteted Civil Statutes, v&l& mado
as iollowsr
~h83t~mit*rid* ohnil h~hd0 au
mttel;o*&d by mm for food, drink, rlavw~,
confocticxa4ry or oondlmeAtg whether dmplo,
mixed or aoerpoimdad. . . .
Food, aa thus defined, appeero to iwlude a11 wtiales, vhetb-
er lntxed, simple, or ocmpound, be8fd.m drugs, that &m deaPCEJ;urd
to be ooruumed IntmuMybyarrr. ThaiWore, the nmautrotum
of such artbzle, benkdoa drugs, dosigaed to be inrenully oon-
sumed by iam, would QCBI vitb3.n Article 4469, supPa, rtquiritq
the aniwal reglatlwicn fecr.
820
Honarablo J. Overby 8mlth, m 3
The purpo8e ef the Leglalaturo in la a a t these
rooti and drag lAv8 Pas to prevent IA&WY to the pub 9 10 health
by th. sale of mi8braAd.d and AdultorAted loodr, arid the pro-
viaioan or the act8 are dIrected to thr purpose of 8ooura
th0 purity of 811 artiok8 or r00d ti drugs as 80 defined
uzdto iniormtha purohaaern ufut th.yare buging.
ed out in the oaae of ?oohe v. btate, 65 Cr. R. 353 ‘!do?t~.
267, the objeot o? f&eao ltatutea la to amuro to l&e propie
good sad uhola8aaM r00d.
As poirrt d out in ths 0188 0r tit or a -80 V.
Jachoa, 59 8. Y, T 26) 822, 823, (Can. App. 3 la. ir a rult-
able m.nt to truuaIt the germs 0r Qphold rever and other
dIas8aer. %St fX%UfAg 0f WSt.2 d008 AOt dSatrOy thOS0
prt801a or typhoid germa aor ere lwh destroyed by-mar& Sil-
. These Impurltiu oan be destroyed or utormlnated
by dIatillatIm, for the dIatlllatlon of rater ellml.xmtea all
germ8 a a dgives th elaauraaoe th a t Ioe rupuf&otured thwsfroll
is free rrom oontamimtigll by dlaoaae worrying gwms. Shua,
ioe my aoatrla impurltlea Iajurlow to health; rush aa those
preaaat in the mater itself or tho.e foreign t. th. rater but
lalIoh Bake their OAtraAo. tharela duo to #cQa iat9 aare-
sent uh8n ioe le so maautaotured.
The purpoaoa rtm phioh ioe xa uaed are rurilold.
Yet, me oi Its more oomon wee la to b. plwod in a drink
or beverage. A us. vhlnh in dufgaod to be oonsurwd b man
mmmlly. It au1 be argu.d that an. do.8 not aotua It
drink 109, for it 18 A0 1o~g.p fee At 8wh tiu: hwever ruoh
AZ'gUA.At8 vlrtuAlly aucaqmab nom and Ban possibly 1.&l
to ridloulous deductlena, The ImpOrtant raet is that 100
will b. ocmowd by man in same fomn or anothes and that lee
m8yo0~tAinImpurltIe8 injurloua to thehwlthofthepublla.
fhrt it IS Or pUbu0 GOAQOFA t0 lOtI #iSt w BIUUrSOtWQr8
of la. elImIAAto a11 0r th. UltpuritiD.that ply be 0aAtAiA.d
tllefrela.
Tha owatruatiori laoed upon a regulatory rtatuto
by the da tmaat &barged Y P th It8 eAfAro.meAt Is a~ impost-
sat aoasl irratian IA oonatrufag its timma. Your lta tema a t
that the Bureau 0r Food aAd Drlq$a ha. treAted Ice A8 rood
ror joy 90rra and tbo rwther iaot that tb. lfr8ot.d Iadwtry
ha8 eocepted that 6onotru6tlm2 8trengtheAa t& ooncrlurion
we hve axprermed.
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Honorablm J. Overby Smith, pago 4
It la, tharefor8, the opinion of thl8 de tlUnt
that loo is to be oonaidered a food under Artiole t-
469, aupra,
and a manufaoturor thereof lr roquimd to pay the #LOG rag-
ietration fee aa so provided by the proviaionr of the raid
lrtiole.
vary truly your*
AlYOItl8SXORMRHAL
OF TBXAR
Prod 6. Chandler
A~rlrtant
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