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 1158 F IFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1008. 1903. of Agriculture, whenever he has reason to believe that articles are being imported from foreign countries which by reason of such adulteration are dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or which are forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in the countries in which they are made or from which they are exported, or which shall be falsely labeled in any respect in regard to the place of manufacture of the contents of the pac age, shall; make a request upon the _ Secretary of the Treasury for samples from original packages of p(},§;§°§j;‘Q,gg;_ ‘“" such articles for inspection and analysis; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to open such original packages and deliver specimens to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose mentioned, giving notice to the owner or consignee of such articles, n0Qey,§gm¤y;_gg°“ who may be present and have the right to introduce testimony; and ' the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse delivery to the consignee of any such goods which the Secretary of Agriculture reports to him have been inspected and analyzed and found to be dangerous to health, or which are forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in the countries in which they are made or from which they are exported, or which shall be falsely labeled in any respect in regard to the place of manufacture or the contents of the pac age. ngjlvesgigsziigfivcgf To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character em. ’ of food preservatives, coloring matters, and other substances added to foods, to determine their relation to digestion and to health, and to A;ynz;;¤3_03¤;j0g{ establish the principles which should guide their use; to enable the um. Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character of the chemical and physical tests which are applied to American food products in Sh{;2;=$i<>¤ b°*°*° foreign countries, and to inspect before shipment, when desired by the ` shippersor owners of these food products, American food pro ucts intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are required before said food products are allowed to be sold in the countries mentioned, and for all necessary expenses connected with such inspection S‘““"““*“°*P“"“Y· and studies of methods of analysis in foreign countries; to enable the . Secretary of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Association of ` - Official Agricultural Chemists, and such other experts as he may deem _ necessary, to establish standards of purity for food products and to determine what are regarded as adultcrations therein, for the guidance “°*’""‘“· of the officials of the various States and of the courts of justice; for _ _ the preparation of reports, the purchase of a paratus, chemicals, ’?"*"f1‘°’· · samples, and supplies re uired in conducting sudh investigations, the “*’°°‘“'“*‘°“°“·°*°‘ employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other · labor required in conductin ·such experiments in the city of Washing— R°“‘· ton and elsewhere, and in codlating, digesting, and reporting the results of such experiments; and for the rent of buildings occupied by the Bureau of Chemistry. d g;gj,§1*;g°€Qc_°* To investigate, in collaboration with the Bureau of Animal Industry, ' the chemistry of dairy products and of adulterants used therein, and of the adulterated products; to determine the composition of process renovated or adulterated and other treated butters, and other chemical studies relating to dairy products, and to make all analyses of samples required for the execution of the law regulating the manufacture of process renovated or adulterated butters. cegggét ““" °“’°' To study, in collaboration with the Weather Bureau and agricultural experiment stations, the iniiuence of environment upon the chemical composition of wheat and other cereals, with especial reference to the variation in the content of gluten and the suitability of barley for brewing and other purposes. p,§gg§"P’°""°*“g To investigate the chemical composition of sugar-producing plants in the Unite States and its possessions, and, in collaboration with the Weather Bureau and agricultural experiment stations, to study the effects of environment upon the chemical composition of sugar-