(January 4, 1935 - April 2, 1935) Congressional Record Volume 79 Senate S. 5 To prevent the adulteration, misbranding, and false advertising Mr. Copeland; Committee on Commerce, S. 580 To prevent the adulteration, Mr. McCarran; Committee on Commerce, 250. Volume 79 House H.R. 3972 To revise and amend the Food and amended August 23, 1912, March 3, 1913 Mr. Mead; Committee on Interstate and H.R. 6906 To revise and amend the Food and Drugs Mr. Mead; Committee on Interstate and Congressional Record Volume 79 Volume 79 74TH CONGRESS 18T SESSION S. 5 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 3 (calendar day, JANUARY 4), 1935 Mr. COPELAND introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce A BILL To prevent the manufacture, shipment, and sale of adulterated or misbranded food, drink, drugs, and cosmetics, and to regulate traffic therein; to prevent the false advertisement of food, drink, drugs, and cosmetics; and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CHAPTER I SECTION 1. That this Act may be cited as the " Federal Food, Drugs, and Cosmetic Act.' 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 otherwise indicates CHAPTER II DEFINITION OF TERMS SEC. 201. As used in this Act, unless the contest 1 1 2 2 (a) The term "food" includes all substances and prep arations used for, or entering into the composition of, food, 3 drink, confectionery, or condiment for man or other animals. 4 5 (b) The term "drug", for the purposes of this Act and not for the regulation of the legalized practice of the 6 healing art, includes (1) all substances and preparations rec7 ognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, Homœopathic 8 Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or National Formulary or supplements thereto; and (2) all substances, preparations, and devices intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and 9 10 11 12 (3) all substances, preparations, and devices, other than 13 food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body. 14 15 66 (c) The term cosmetic" includes all substances and 16 preparations intended for cleansing, or altering the appearance of, or promoting the attractiveness of, the person. 17 18 (d) The term "Territory" means any Territory or 19 possession of the United States, including the District of 20 Columbia. 21 22 23 24 (e) The term "interstate commerce means (1) commerce between any State or Territory and any place outside thereof, and (2) commerce or manufacture within the District of Columbia or within any other territory not 25 organized with a legislative body. 3 (g) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of 4 Agriculture. 5 6 7 (h) The term "label" means the principal display or displays of written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any food, drug, or cosmetic, or the immediate container 8 thereof, and (2) upon the outside container or wrapper, 9 10 11 if any there be, of the retail package of any food, drug, or cosmetic. (i) The term "labeling" includes all labels and other 12 written, printed, and graphic matter, in any form whatsoever, accompanying any food, drug, or cosmetic. 13 14 15 16 17 (j) The term "advertisement" includes all representations of fact or opinion disseminated in any manner or by any means other than by the labeling. (k) The term "medical profession" means the 18 legalized professions of the healing art; and the term 19 "medical opinion" means the opinion within their respec20 tive fields, of the practitioners of any branch of the healing 21 art, the practice of which is licensed by law in the jurisdiction 22 where such opinion is placed in issue in any proceeding under 23 this Act. 24 66 (1) The term official compendium" means the 25 United States Pharmacopoeia, Homœopathic Pharmacopoeia |