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PUBLIC LAW 90-201-DEC. 15, 1967

unfair competition, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the Secretary; "(10) If it purports to be or is represented for special dietary uses, unless its label bears such information concerning its vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, determines to be, and by regulations prescribes as, necessary in order fully to inform purchasers as to its value for such uses; "(11) If it bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless it bears labeling stating that fact: Provided, That, to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this subparagraph (11) is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the Secretary; or "(12) If it fails to bear, directly thereon or on its container, as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe, the inspection legend and, unrestricted by any of the foregoing, such other information as the Secretary may require in such regulations to assure that it will not have false or misleading labeling and that the public will be informed of the manner of handling required to maintain the article in a wholesome condition. " (o) The term 'label' means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any article. " (p) The term 'labeling' means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article. "(q) The term 'Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act' means the Act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. " (r) The terms 'pesticide chemical', 'food additive', 'color additive', and 'raw agricultural commodity' shall have the same meanings for purposes of this Act as under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. "(s) The term 'official mark' means the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by regulations of the Secretary to identify the status of any article or animal under this Act. " (t) The term 'official inspection legend' means any symbol prescribed by regulations of the Secretary showing that an article was inspected and passed in accordance with this Act. " (u) The term 'official certificate' means any certificate prescribed by regulations of the Secretary for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this Act. "(v) The term 'official device' means any device prescribed or authorized by the Secretary for use in applying any official mark." SEC. 2. Meat and meat food products are an important source of the Nation's total supply of food. They are consumed throughout the Nation and the major portion thereof moves in interstate or foreign commerce. I t is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that meat and meat food properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded meat or meat food products impair the effective regulation of meat and meat food products in interstate or foreign commerce, are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged meat and meat food products, and result in sundry losses to livestock producers and processors of meat and meat food products, as well as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively
 * ~iroducts distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and

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