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by the commissioner. No drug defined in the United States | pharmacopoeia, the national formulary or by said commissioner | shall be deemed to be adulterated under the provision if the | standard of strength, quality or purity be plainly stated, so | as to be understood by the nonprofessional person, upon the | bottle, box or other container thereof, although the standard | may differ from that laid down in the United States | pharmacopoeia, national formulary or that fixed by said | commissioner; |
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| B. If its strength or purity differs from the professed | standard or quality under which it is sold. |
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| | 2. Meat or meat products. In case of meat or meat products: | If any sodium sulphite, sodium bisulphite or any drug, chemical, | chemical compound or preservative from which sulphur dioxide can | be liberated has been added thereto or mixed therewith. |
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| | Sec. 19. 7 MRSA §484 is amended to read: |
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| | The term "misbranded" as used in this Title shall apply | chapter or chapter 103 applies to all articles of commercial | feeding stuff, commercial fertilizer, drug or food, the package | or label of which shall bear bears any statement, design or | device regarding such article, or the ingredients or substances | contained therein, which shall be that is false or misleading in | any particular, or which that is falsely branded in any | particular. |
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| | For the purpose of this Title an article shall be deemed to be | misbranded: |
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| | 1. Drug. In case of a drug: |
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| A. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the | name of another article; |
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| B. If the contents of the package as originally put up | shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other | contents shall have been placed in such package, or except | in the case of a physician's prescription compounded by a | physician or a registered pharmacist, if the package fails | to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or | proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, | alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral | hydrate or acetanilide, or any derivative or any preparation | of any such substances contained therein. |
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