by any name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. No further description of its components or qualities is required, except as to content of alcohol, morphine, etc.

(b) The use of a geographical name shall not be permitted in connection with a food product not manufactured or produced in that place, when such name indicates that the article was manufactured or produced in that place.

(c) The use of a geographical name in connection with a food product will not be deemed a misbranding when by reason of long usage it has come to represent a generic term and is used to indicate a style, type or brand; but in all such cases the State or Territory where any such article is manufactured or produced shall be stated upon the principal label.

(d) A foreign name which is recognized as distinctive of a product of a foreign country shall not be used upon an article of domestic origin except as an indication of the type or style of quality or manufacture, and then only when so qualified that it cannot be offered for sale under the name of a foreign article.

Regulation 20.-Distinctive Name.
(Section 8).

(a) A "distinctive name" is a trade, arbitrary, or fancy name which clearly distinguishes a food product, mixture, or compound from any other food product, mixture, or compound.

(b) A distinctive name shall not be one representing any single constituent of a mixture or compound. (c) A distinctive name shall not misrepresent any property or quality of a mixture or compound.

(d) A distinctive name shall give no false indication of origin, character, or place of manufacture, nor lead the purchaser to suppose that it is any other food product. Regulation 21.-Compounds, Imitations or Blends Without Distinctive Names.

(Section 8).

(a) The term "blend" applies to a mixture of like substances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavor-` ing ingredients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only.

(b) If any age is stated, it shall not be that of a single one of its constituents, but shall be the average of all constituents in their respective proportions.

(c) Coloring and flavoring cannot be used for increasing the weight or bulk of a blend.

(d) In order that colors or flavors may not increase the volume or weight of a blend, they are not to be used in quantities exceeding 1 pound to 800 pounds of the blend.

(e) A color or flavor cannot be employed to imitate any natural product, or any other product of recognized name and quality.

(f) The term "imitation" applies to any mixture or compound which is a counterfeit or fraudulent simulation of any article of food or drug.

Regulation 22.-Articles Without a Label. (Section 8, paragraph 1, under "Drugs," paragraph 1, under "Foods.")

It is prohibited to sell or offer for sale a food or drug product which bears no label upon the package, or has no descriptive matter or design, or device, if said product be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article.

Regulation 23.-Proper Branding Not a Complete Guaranty.

Packages which are correctly branded as to character of contents, place of manufacture, name of manufacturer, or otherwise, may be adulterated and hence not entitled to enter into interstate commerce.

Regulation 24.-Incompleteness of Branding.

A compound shall be deemed misbranded if the label be incomplete as to the names of the required ingredients. A simple product does not require any further statement than the name or distinctive name thereof, except as provided in regulation 19 (a) and 28. Regulation 25.-Substitution. (Sections 7 and 8.)

(a) When a substance of a recognized quality commonly used in the preparation of a food or drug product is replaced by another substance not injurious or deleterious to health, the name of the substituted substance shall appear upon the label.

(b) When any substance which does not reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength is added to a food or drug product, other than that necessary to its manufacture or refining, the label shall bear a statement to that effect.

Regulation 26.-Waste Materials.
(Section 8.)

When an article is made up of refuse materials, fragments, or trimmings the use of the name of the substance from which they are derived, unless accompanied by a statement to that effect, shall be deemed a misbranding. Packages of such materials may be labeled "pieces," "stems," trimmings," or some similar appellation.

Regulation 27.—Mixtures or Compounds.
(Section 8. First proviso under "Foods,"
paragraph 1.)

(a) The terms "mixtures" and "compounds" are interchangeable and indicate the results of putting together two or more food products.

(b) These mixtures or compounds shall not be imitations of other articles, whether simple, mixt, or compound, or offered for sale under the name of other articles. They shall bear a distinctive name and the name of the place where the mixture or compound has been manufactured or produced.

(c) If the name of the place be one which is found in different States, Territories, or countries, the name of the State, Territory, or country, as well as the name of the place, must be stated.

Regulation 28. Substances Named in Drugs
or Foods.

(Section 8. Second under "Drugs;" second
under "Foods."

(a) The term "alcohol" is defined to mean common or ethyl alcohol. No other kind of alcohol is permissible in the manufacture of drugs except as specified in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary.

(b) The words alcohol, morphine, opium, etc., and the quantities and proportions thereof, shall be printed in letters corresponding in size with those prescribed in Regulation 17, paragraph (c).

(c) A drug [or food product, except in respect of alcohol] is misbranded in case it fails to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, heroin, cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances contained therein.

(d) A statement of the maximum quantity or proportion of any such substances present will meet the requirements, provided the maximum so stated does not materially vary from the average quantity or proportion.

(e) In case the actual quantity or proportion is stated it shall be the average quantity or proportion with the variations noted in regulation 29.

(f) The following are the principal derivatives and preparations made from the articles which are required to be named upon the label:

ALCOHOL, ETHYL: Cologne spirits, grain alcohol, rectified spirits, spirits, and spirits of wine. Derivatives-Aldehyde, ether, ethyl acetate, ethyl nitrite, and paraldehyde. Preparations containing alcohol-Bitters, brandies, cordials, elixirs, essences, fluidextracts, spirits, syrups, tinctures, tonics, whiskies and wines.

MORPHINE, ALKALOID: Derivatives-Apomorphine, dionine, peronine, morphine acetate, hydrochloride, sulphate, and other salts of morphine. Preparations containing morphine-Bougies, catarrh snuff, chlorodyne, compound powder of morphine, crayons, elixirs, granules, pills, solutions, syrups, suppositories, tablets, triturates and troches. Opium, Gum: Derivatives-Codeine, alkaloid, hydrochloride, phosphate, sulphate and other salts of codeine. Preparations containing codeine-Elixirs, pills, syrups and tablets.

CANNABIS INDICA: Preparations of cannabis indicaCorn remedies, extracts, mixtures, pills, powders, tablets and tinctures.

ACETANILIDE (Antifebrin, Phenylacetamide): Derivatives-Acetphenetidine, citrophen, diacetanilide, lactophenin, methoxy-acetanilide, methylacetanilide, para-iodoacetanilide and phenacetine. Preparations containing acetanilide or derivatives Analgesics, antineuralgics, antirheumatics, cachets, capsules, cold remedies, elixirs, granular effervescing salts, headache powders, mixtures, pain remedies, pills and tablets.

Preparation of opium-Extracts, denarcotized opium, granulated opium and powdered opium, bougies, brown mixture, carminative mixtures, crayons, dover's powder, elixirs, liniments, ointments, paregoric, pills, plasters, syrups, suppositories, tablets, tinctures, troches, vinegars and wines.

COCAINE, ALKALOID: Derivatives - Cocaine hydrochloride, oleate, and other salts. Preparations containing cocaine or salts of cocaine-Coca leaves, catarrh powders, elixirs, extracts, infusion of coca, ointments, paste pencils, pills, solutions, syrups, tablets, tinctures, troches and wines. HEROIN: Preparations containing heroin — Syrups, elixirs, pills and tablets.

ALPHA AND BETA EUCAINE: Preparations-Mixtures, ointments, powders and solutions.

CHLOROFORM: Preparations containing chloroformChloranodyne, elixirs, emulsions, liniments, mixtures, spirits and syrups.

Regulation 29.-Statement of Weight or Measure. (Section 8. Third under "Foods.")

(a) A statement of the weight or measure of the food contained in a package is not required. If any such statement is printed, it shall be a plain and correct statement of the average net weight or volume, either on or immediately above or below the principal label, and of the size of letters specified in Regulation 17.

(b) A reasonable variation from the stated weight for individual packages is permissible, provided this variation is as often above as below the weight or volume stated. This variation shall be determined by the inspector from the changes in the humidity of the atmosphere, from the exposure of the package to evaporation or to absorption of water, and the reasonable variations which attend the filling and weighing or measuring of a package.

Regulation 30.-Method of Stating Quantity or Proportion. (Section 8.)

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EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF FOODS AND

DRUGS.

Regulation 31.-Preparation of Food Products for

Export.

(Section 2.)

(a) Food products intended for export may contain added substances not permitted in foods intended for interstate commerce when the addition of such substances does not conflict with the laws of the countries to which the food products are to be exported and when such substances are added in accordance with the directions of the foreign purchaser or his agent.

(b) The exporter is not required to furnish evidence that goods have been prepared or packed in compliance with the laws of the foreign country to which said goods are intended to be shipped, but such ship

ment is made at his own risk.

(c) Food products for export under this regulation shall be kept separate and labeled to indicate that they are for export.

(d) If the products are not exported they shall not be allowed to enter interstate commerce. Regulation 32.-Imported Food and Drug Products. (Section 11.)

(a) Meat and meat products imported into the United States shall be accompanied by a certificate of official inspection of a character to satisfy the Secretary of Agriculture that they are not dangerous to health, and each package of such articles shall bear a label which shall identify it as covered by the certificate, which certificate shall accompany or be attached to the invoice on which entry is made.

(b) The certificate shall set forth the official position of the inspector and the character of the inspec

tion.

(c) Meat and meat food products as well as all other food and drug products of a kind forbidden entry into or forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in the country in which made or from which exported, will be refused admission.

(d) Meat and meat food products which have been inspected and passed through the customs may, if identity is retained, be transported in interstate com

merce.

(b) In the case of importations to be entered at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, and New Orleans, and other ports where food and drug inspection laboratories shall be established, this declaration shall be attached to the copy of the invoice forwarded by the shipper to the consignee. In

other cases the declaration shall be attached to that copy of the invoice upon which entry is made. Regulation 34.-Denaturing.

Unless otherwise declared on the invoice or entry, all substances ordinarily used as food products will be treated as such. Shipments of substances ordinarily used as food products intended for technical purposes must be accompanied by a declaration stating that fact, and must be so denatured as to prevent their use as foods.

Regulation 35.-Bond, Imported Foods and Drugs.

Unexamined packages of food and drug products may be delivered to the consignee prior to the completion of the examination to determine whether the same are adulterated or misbranded upon the execution of a penal bond by the consignee in the sum of the invoice value of such goods with the duty added, for the return of the goods to customs custody. Regulation 36.-Notification of Violation of the Law. If the sample on examination be found not to comply with the law, the importer shall be notified of the nature of the violation, the time and place at which final action will be taken upon the question of the exclusion of the shipment, and that he may be present and submit evidence, which evidence (Form 15), with a sample of the article shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Chemistry at Washington, accompanied by report

Regulation 37.-Appeal to the Secretary of Agriculture.

Regulation 33.-Declaration.

(a) All invoices of food or drug products shipped to the United States shall have attached to them a declaration of the shipper, made before a United States consular officer, as follows:

I, the undersigned, do solemnly and truly declare that I am the..... of the merchandise herein

(Manufacturer, agent or shipper.)

All applications for relief from decisions arising under the execution of the law should be addressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, and all vouchers or accounts for remuneration for samples shall be filed with the chief of the inspection laboratory, who shall forward the same, with his recommendation, to the Department of Agriculture for action.

Regulation 38.-Shipment Beyond the Jurisdiction of the United States.

products which contain no added substances injurious to health.

provided that this extension of time does not entail any expense to the Department of Agriculture. If at the expiration of this time, in view of the data secured in inspecting the sample and such evidence as may have been submitted by the manufacturers or importers, it appears that the shipment cannot be legally imported into the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture shall request the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse to deliver the shipment in question to the consignee, and to require its reshipment beyond the jurisdiction of the United States.

Regulation 39.-Products to Which Regulations Do Not Apply.

These regulations shall not apply to domestic meat

and meat food products which are prepared, transported or sold in interstate or foreign commerce under the meat inspection law and the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture made thereunder.

Regulation 40.-Alteration and Amendment
of Regulations.

These regulations may be altered or amended at any time, without previous notice, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.

MOBILE DEPARTMENT.

Comment on the Recent Storm and Flood.

BY J. S. ARCHIBALD.

Business in Our Line has Resumed its Normal Condition and there are only a few reminders here and there, in the shape of steamboat wrecks, trunks of trees, etc., of the fearful havoc and general chaos of September 27, 1906. I consider the drug trade much more fortunate than other lines, such as dry goods, groceries, etc. The damage was greatest on the river front and in the wholesale part of the city. In that district are the wholesale drug houses of Mobile Drug Co. and A. E. & E. V. Bronen. They suffered from about six feet of water on lower floor, damaging to great extent their stocks of patent medicines, etc., leaving a sediment of mud and slime on the floor of about four to six inches. The retail drug stores are all situated on higher ground and while each one of them suffered to some extent in way of having roofs blown off and stocks drenched, there were none that were not able to continue at the same stand. The drug business of the city seems to be in a good healthy condition and all happy.

It Seems Very Appropriate that Hearst voted in an election booth over an undertaking shop. When Hearses and undertaking establishments become active there is usually something around in the way of a funeral.

Volume XXVII. of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST is now complete. We make no rash promises but you can depend upon many good things in Volume XXVIII.

BOARDS OF PHARMACY.

Nebraska.-Victor Anderson, MD, Bridgeport; C. W. Burquist, Omaha; F. B. Dickinson, Chadron; S. Lynn Gilmore, Fullerton; Ernst R. Harritt, Alma; Earle J. Hoffman, Gordon; Chas A. Holbrook, Dorchester; Alvin F. Kellstrom, Omaha; Walter C. McCarty, McCook; Geo. W. McCracken, Omaha; Berbert B. Rolland, Crete; James R. Sage, Omaha; Ira P. Stout, Beatrice; R. H. Duke, Mason City; Chas. A. Bennett, Loup City; Clarence H. Depue, Diller; Harry Hayes Funk, Funk; Chas. Hald, Sumner; Clinton D. Heine, Hooper; Wm. Holst, Omaha; Leroy F. Hunt, Harvard; Wm. R. Lippold, Omaha; Chas. T. McCleery, Lawrence; D. J. Reed, MD, Crab Orchard; A. J. Ryan, Omaha; Clifford H. Shepherd, Lexington; Geo. B. Tapster, North Bend; W. Wilson Fickling, Creighton.

The California State Board of Pharmacy have recently completed their October examination, and give below the list of successful candidates as licentiates and assistants:

Licentiates.-Felix Benjamin, H. Goodman, E. J. Ruddock, Walter Nonne, Clinton N. Shumway, W. M. Crilley, Jno. Hagemann, Spencer Jones, Edgar C. Kenyon, L. V. Nanscawen, Herman M. Schroeter, Harry A. Cavassa, Clarence Holcomb, H. F. Schaafsma, Arthur C. Pritchard, Dean B. Skinner, Henry H. Eaton, Edwin A. Hall, David S. Kass, Joseph P. McCann, Fred W. Pollock, Thos. J. Spellessy, A. Forni, Silas E. Morse, Arthur S. Hill, Henry F. Schinker, William T. Crawford, Harry W. Ferguson, Harley C. Hitchcock, James J. Keith, Geo. H. McClintock, William J. Roaf, E. H. Otto Rauchfuss.

Assistants.-H. R. Anson, W. T. Hazel, Andrew A. Moore, Chas. A. Schilling, T. Frank Bevan, A. J. Hoeppner, Burton L. Pelton, Bertha Voeckell, J. Ernest Crawford, Walter Minor Hunter, Geo. G. Price.

The next examination of the board will be held in January. A committee of the board will conduct an examination in Los Angeles at the same time that the remainder of the board conducts the examination in San Francisco. This examination will start on Wednesday, January 9, 1907, and will be held in the College of Medicine, U. S. C., Los Angeles and in the hall of the Jefferson Square Building in San Francisco. The board is now permanently located in their new offices, suite 407, Jefferson Square Building, 925 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, and all communications for the board should be addressed to the secretary, to the above address.—[CHAS. B. WHILDEN, secretary.

ALBERT E. EBERT.

Born, December 23, 1840; Died, November 20, 1906. Albert E. Ebert as Seen By Prominent Pharmacists.

Frederick Stearns, Detroit, Mich. (President A. Ph. A., 1866-7). I am in New York City just ready to sail for Egypt as I receive word of the sudden death of Albert E. Ebert, of Chicago. I have known him for many years and am somewhat familiar with his life for the past thirty years or more. I have long known and admired his great activity in matters relating to pharmacy, and particularly in the interest of the A. Ph. A. I have always held him to be a man of exceptionally keen activities which were exercised for the greatest good of pharmacy at large. His death is a loss not only to the A. Ph. A. but to the cause of pharmacy throughout the world. The active work of such a man as Albert E. Ebert will exert a beneficial influence for generations to come. I am deeply grieved to learn of his sudden departure from this life.

Every Druggist Knew of Him.-I first became acquainted with Mr. Albert E. Ebert more than a quarter of a century ago, and I consider it a great privilege to have known him and to have had him as a friend.

I need not say anything about him as a pharmacist, because his record is a part of the history of American pharmacy, and he himself was prominent in shaping

long miss him at the annual meetings of the American Pharmaceutical Association. He was ever ready to defend what he thought was right. You could put your finger on Albert E. Ebert at any time. There was nothing hidden about him. The writer was fortunate to spend several hours with him at one of the summer gardens at Indianapolis in September during the A. Ph. A. meeting. While lounging in the shade of forest trees or taking a boat ride on the still waters of the stream flowing through the garden, Mr. Ebert became very reminiscent, and the conversation drifted back to olden times, and when conditions were more to his liking. I shall always remember this incident as one of the most pleasant and interesting of my visit at Indianapolis. One by one the old guard disappears from the ranks of our dear association. Although absent, they will not be forgotten.-[WM. MITTELBACH, Boonvile, Mo., First Vice-President A. Ph. A.

Personal Reminiscence of my Friend Ebert.-I simply loved him from the time of our early acquaintance-just could'nt help it. We first met at the Chicago meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association in 1869, and this acquaintance quickly ripened into a warm friendship, over which there has never been a shadow all these years.

On my way home from California in 1874, I spent considerable time with Ebert, in Chicago. Though he had been in business for himself comparatively but a few years, he had been so prosperous that he was ready to retire from the retail drug business and engage in

gist knew of him.

I met him comparatively frequently, several times at Pharmacopoea Conventions, at A. Ph. A. meetings, at state association meetings, and also at purely social meetings in Chicago and St. Louis, and whenever I was with him, I found him one of the most genial and companionable of men.

While he was very positive in his views in association meetings, and maintained his views with vigor, he never, to my knowledge, allowed any acrimony of debate to influence him in his association with others outside of the meetings. I feel that we will miss his presence at our association meetings even more than we may now realize.-[0. A. WALL, vice-president, U. S. P. C., St. Louis, Mo.

He Died Fighting for Honorable Pharmacy.-In the death of Albert E. Ebert, pharmacy has lost one of its staunchest and most enthusiastic exponents. He was one of the few that strenuously opposed the general drift of our profession-towards pure commercialism. He fully recognized that the commercial part of the business was fast getting the upper hand; and that to be financially successful, we must lay aside the professional cloak, and develop more and more the commercial spirit. This condition did not meet with his approval, and he was always found on the side of professional pharmacy, trying to save something of its old reputation and practices. We can truly say that he died fighting for clean and honorable practices in our business. Those of us that knew him intimately will

me at length, told me much of his past experiences, personal and financial, and as I came home from Chicago, it was with the knowledge that Ebert was surely one of the brilliant lights in the pharmaceutical world. His activity, industry, versatility, and enthusiasm at that time were simply marvellous.

Of his later experiences as a manufacturer of glucose, I cannot speak, for I saw him seldom in those years. Ebert was a strong man in his own way. There was only one Ebert. He was in a class all by himself. A true and genuine lover of all that is best in pharmacy, courageous, fearless and outspoken at all times. Every one was always glad to hear Ebert speak, because they knew that, at heart, he was always sound, honest, and true, and wanted only the right to prevail, whether it was his thought, or that of his opponent.

He made a broad mark in American pharmacy and his name will remain as a symbol of earnest enthusiasm and honesty for generations to come.

How he will be missed, especially by those of us who have attended regularly the meetings of the American Pharmaceutical Association. He loved our grand old association, and his generous donations of the Ebert Fund at the class of his presidency was an inspiration that has been of perminent benefit to the organization. [S. A. D. SHEPPARD, treasurer, A. Ph. A., Boston,

Mass.

(Also see pages 380 and 392.)

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.