(January 4, 1935 - April 2, 1935)

Congressional Record

Volume 79

Senate

S. 5

To prevent the adulteration,

misbranding, and false advertising
of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics
in interstate, foreign, and other
commerce subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States, for the purposes
of safeguarding the public health,
preventing deceit upon the purchasing
public, and for other purposes.

Mr. Copeland; Committee on Commerce,
100.--Reported with amendments (S. Rept.
361), 4250, 4262.--Debated, 4734, 4736,
4738, 4840, 4858.--Ordered printed
showing amendments agreed to, 4868.--
Debate continued, 4905, 4907, 4919.--
Views of the minority received and printed
(S. Rept. 361, pt. 2), 4982.--Debate
continued, 5018, 5099, 5137, 5215, 5224.--
Report submitted (S. Rept. 646) as a sub-
stitute for (S. Rept. 361) report
previously submitted, 7963.--Debated,
8162, 8341, 8350.--Amended and passed
Senate; title amended, 8356.--Referred
to House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, 8480.

S. 580

To prevent the adulteration,
misbranding, and false advertising
of food, drugs, and cosmetics, in
interstate and foreign and other
subject commerce, for the purposes of
safeguarding the public health, pre-
venting deceit upon the purchasing
public, and promoting fair competition,
with respect of commerce in such products.

Mr. McCarran; Committee on Commerce, 250.

Volume 79

House

H.R. 3972

To revise and amend the Food and
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, as

amended August 23, 1912, March 3, 1913
March 4, 1913, July 24, 1919, January 18,
1927, July 8, 1930, and June 22, 1934,
to prevent the manufacture, shipment, and
sale of adulterated or misbranded food,
drugs, and cosmetics; to prevent the false
advertising of food, drugs, and cosmetics;
and to regulate traffic therein.

Mr. Mead; Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, 532.

H.R. 6906

To revise and amend the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906, as amended August 23,
1912, March 3, 1913, March 4, 1913, July 24,
1919, January 18, 1927, July 8, 1930, and
June 22, 1934, to prevent the manufacture,
shipment, and sale of adulterated or mis-
branded food, drugs, and cosmetics; to
prevent the false advertising of food, drugs,
and cosmetics; and to regulate traffic therein.

Mr. Mead; Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, 4237,

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.

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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.'

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CHAPTER II

DEFINITION OF TERMS

SEC. 201. As used in this Act, unless the contest

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(a) The term "food" includes all substances and prep

arations used for, or entering into the composition of, food,

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(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

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(3) all substances, preparations, and devices, other than 13 food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.

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(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.

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(d) The term "Territory" means any Territory or 19 possession of the United States, including the District of 20 Columbia.

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(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

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(g) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of

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(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,

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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.

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(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.

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(1) The term official compendium" means the

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