Foods and Their Adulteration / Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food Products; Description of Common Adulterations, Food Standards, and National Food Laws and Regulations

by Harvey Washington Wiley

James Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture.

Washington, D. C., January 28, 1907.

F. I. D. 54-59. Issued March 23, 1907.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY,
H. W. Wiley, Chief of Bureau.

FOOD INSPECTION DECISIONS 54-59.

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[54]. Declaration of the quantity or proportion of alcohol present in drug products. [55]. Method of stating quantity or proportion of preparations (containing opium, morphin, etc.) used in manufacturing other preparations. [56]. Names to be employed in declaring the amount of the ingredients as required by the law. [57]. Physicians’ prescriptions: The status of packages compounded according to physicians’ prescriptions and entering into interstate commerce. [58]. The labeling of products used as food and drugs as well as for technical and other purposes. [59]. National Formulary appendix.

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(F. I. D. 54.)
DECLARATION OF THE QUANTITY OR PROPORTION OF ALCOHOL PRESENT IN DRUG PRODUCTS.

The question of stating the percentage of alcohol present in drug products has caused a multitude of inquiries. The following questions along this line serve as examples: