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 686 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3913. 1906. » such articles, when deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture advisable, rem preservatives, and also the effect of cold storage upon the healthfulness of foods; to m' enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character of food preservatives, colorin matters, and other substances added to foods, to determine their reIation to digestion and to health, andto establish the principles which should guide their use, and to publish Hwrmgl That before any adverse publication is made notice shall be given to the owner or manufacturer of the articles in question, who shall have the right to be heard and to introduce testimony before the Secretary ‘ of Agriculture, or his representative, either in person or by agent, concerning the suitability of such articles for food, or as to false m{;¢:g=1§°¤ b¤*°*'° labeling or branding; to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to inves- ` tigate the character of the chemical and physical tests which are applied to American food products in foreign countries, and to inspect before smpment, vv en desired by the shippers or owners of these food pr ucts, American food products intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are required before sa1d food products are allowed to be sold in the countries mentioned, and for all necessary expenses connected with such inspection and studies of meth- S*°·¤d*¤°¤°* P¤**°Y- ods of analysis in foreign countries; to enable the Secretary of Agriculture, in collabolpatipln with the Aslsociatioié of Official Agricultural Chemists and suc other ex erts as e may eem necessary, to ascertain the purity of food rodixcts and determine what are regarded as D¤*¤’!P*°°¤°*¤· adulterations therein. 'llb 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 processkrenovated, or adu terated and other treated butters, and other chem1cal 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 but- Whw md wher ters. To study, in collaboration with the Weather Bureau the Bureau cereals. . . . ’ . of Plant Industtry, and plgricplturallexperimept staponjs, tape inliiueipce o environmen upon e c emiea com os1 ion o w ea an o er cereals, with especial reference to the iirariation in the content of gluten, and the suitability of barley for brewing and other pur- P £d¤s1¤; u;¤$ih;2'tcb poses. _ To investigate the chemical composition of sugar and starchproducing plants in the United States an 1tS possessions, and, in colaboration with the Weather Bureau, the Bureau of Plant Industry, and agricultural experiment stations, to study the effects of environment upon the chemical composition of su r and starch producing plants. ptnmspecdcggg- im- And the Secretary of Agriculture, wglhznever he has reason to believe P0 Pm that any articles are being imported from foreign countries which are dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or which shall be falselv labeled or branded either as to their contents or as to the place of their manufacture or production, shall make a request upon the Secretary of the Treasury for samples from original packages of such articles for inspection and analysis, and the Secretarv of the_Treasury is hereby authorized to open such original packagesand deliver specimens to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose mentioned, giving notice to the owner or consignee of the sampling of such articles, who may be present and have the right to introduce testimony before the Secretary of Agriculture, or his representative, either in person or by agent, concerning the suitability of such vugigrgssggigéeyféi articles for entry; and the becretarv of the Treasury shall refuse -~ §‘§‘§l,,,d_ dehvervto the cons1g11ee_ of any such goods which the Secretary of Agriculture reports to hun have been inspected and analvzed and found to be dangerous to health or falsely labeled or branded, either as to their contents or as to the place of their manufacture or production, or which are forbidden entry or to be sold, or are restricted in
 * 0*90- the results of such investigations when thought advisable: Pwmzded,