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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 675-JUNE 25, 1938 Proceedings in name of United States; sub- penas. R. S. 876. 28 U.S. C.§ 654. Chapter IV-Food. Definitions and standards; regulations by Secretary. Proviso. Fresh or dried fruits, etc. Exceptions. Standard of fill of container. Standard of quality of canned fruit, etc. Class in which optional ingredients are permitted. Limitation on defi- nition as to avocadoes, cantaloupes, etc. Adulterated food. Added substances, etc. Post, p. 1049. Omission, abstrac- tion, substitution, etc., of any valuable constituent. PROCEEDINGS IN NAME OF UNITED STATES; PROVISION AS TO SUBPENAS SEC. 307. All such proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain violations, of this Act shall be by and in the name of the United States. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 876 of the Revised Statutes, subpenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States, in any district, may run into any other district in any such proceeding. CHAPTER IV-FOOD DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS FOR FOOD SEC. 401. Whenever in the judgment of the Secretary such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, he shall promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food, under its common or usual name so far as practicable, a reasonable definition and standard of identity, a reasonable standard of quality, and/or reasonable standards of fill of container: Provided, That no definition and standard of identity and no standard of quality shall be established for fresh or dried fruits, fresh or dried vegetables, or butter, except that definitions and standards of identity may be established for avocadoes, cantaloupes, citrus fruits, and melons. In prescribing any standard of fill of container, the Secretary shall give due consideration to the natural shrinkage in storage and in transit of fresh natural food and to need for the necessary packing and protective material. In the prescribing of any standard of quality for any canned fruit or canned vegetable, consideration shall be given and due allowance made for the differing characteristics of the several varieties of such fruit or vegetable. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the Secretary shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. Any definition and standard of identity prescribed by the Secretary for avocadoes, cantaloupes, citrus fruits, or melons shall relate only to maturity and to the effects of freezing. ADULTERATED FOOD SEC. 402. A food shall be deemed to be adulterated- (a) (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance such food shall not be considered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such substance in such food does not ordinarily render it injurious to health; or (2) if it bears or con- tains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance which is unsafe within the meaning of section 406; or (3) if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for food; or (4) if it has been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- taminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health; or (5) if it is, in whole or in part, the product of a diseased animal or of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter; or (6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poison- ous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health. (b) (1) If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom; or (2) if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefor; or (3) if damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or (4) if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk 1046 [52 STAT.

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