21 U.S.C. § 7 : US Code - Section 7 TO 14: Repealed. June 25, 1938, ch. 675, Sec. 902(a), 52 Stat. 1059
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Section 7, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, Sec. 6, 34 Stat. 769,
defined "drug" and "food". See section 321 of this title.
Section 8, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, Sec. 7, 34 Stat. 769,
deemed drugs to be adulterated when sold having a difference from
recognized standards, except where there is an explanatory
statement on or in container, and when sold below professed
standard; confectioneries, when containing mineral substances,
poisonous color or flavors, other deleterious ingredients, liquors
or narcotics; food, when concerned with injurious mixtures, use of
substitutes, abstraction of valuable constituents, concealment of
damage or inferiority, deleterious ingredients, preservatives in
shipment conditionally excepted, animal or vegetable substances
unfit for food and products of animals diseased or having died
otherwise than by slaughter. See sections 342 and 351 of this
title.
Section 9, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, Sec. 8, 34 Stat. 771,
defined "misbranded" and provided for its application to drugs and
food. See sections 343 and 352 of this title.
Section 10, acts June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, Sec. 8, 34 Stat. 771;
Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 352, 37 Stat. 416; Mar. 3, 1913, ch. 117, 37
Stat. 732; July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 271; July 8, 1930, ch.
874, 46 Stat. 1019, deemed drugs to be misbranded when there is an
imitation or use of name of other article, when there is removal
and substitution of contents of package or failure to state on
label quantity or proportion of narcotics therein, and when there
is a false statement of curative or therapeutic effect; and food,
when there is an imitation or use of name of other article, when
there is a false label or brand removal and substitution of
contents of package, or failure to state or label quantity or
proportion of narcotics therein, when the packages are not marked
with weight, with certain variations and exemptions permitted, when
there are false or misleading statements on package or label as to
ingredients or substances; and food, when mixtures or compounds
under distinctive names, the articles are labeled, branded as
compounds, imitations, or blends; construed the term "blend" and
related to disclosure of trade formulas of proprietary foods, and
canned food. See sections 321b, 341, 343 and 352 of this title.
Section 11, acts June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, Sec. 4, 34 Stat. 769;
Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 1003, provided for examination of
specimens, notice of adulteration or misbranding, hearing,
certification of violations to United States district attorney and
notice of judgment.
Section 12, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, Sec. 5, 34 Stat. 769,
provided for prosecution by district attorneys for enforcement of
penalties.
Section 13, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, Sec. 9, 34 Stat. 771,
provided for a seller's guaranty as protection to dealer. See
section 333 of this title.
Section 14, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, Sec. 10, 34 Stat. 771,
provided for seizure of articles by libel for condemnation, at suit
of and in name of United States, in United States district court
where found, conforming to proceedings in admiralty, with right to
trial by jury, destruction or sale of adulterated or misbranded
articles, bond and payment of proceeds into Treasury of United
States. See sections 332, 334 and 337 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
For effective date of repeal, see section 902(a) of act June 25,
1938, set out as a note under sections 1 to 5 of this title.
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