Case Information
*1 , 484 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Yonokeblr Gee. r;. COr
&ate Health Gffioer
Texas Stats Board of iiemlth
Auatln, Texas
Thlr aoknouledgar
ar follow8:
rmeetlng of the th8 Stat. Health rcoAb.b, Mid f.810wy 640pt8a or foo4 and drug foroemwt of the Taxa tfon wea taken at tha th Gffloer an& after Purrrunt thbreto thoritg vast66 in the state 108 4465~ =a 6466, of the Statutes of Tex.08, wld ,8tate Balth 8~14 adopted aaid definition8 and etan- imou8ly adopka and roomu&endad by mld an& qtanba8&8 80 #aid defl.nition8 id Board and made and 8dopted by eafd State liealth Officer were the followinglr *2 4.85 *3 486 whothor a per8on, rbi or wrpor8tiao who “(b). for 8aJ.4, ahal, within th18 stete, bmautaotur4 h8VQ in hi8 ~b8fMO8iOA with fatant to ru, Qr orfor Or apor of rood eon- any 8rtiol4 for self9 or 8el.l or exohang8 Anera oil aa PI; inpedient will be dearned to taining hare violated, end be aubjeet to pmweution uuder Artiolae 706, [707] and [717] of the Bmal Code of 0~ Stat.63 Of -24X48. *to). Whether any oarbonat8d beroragr, 8oda, 8048
wtsr or other 8brt drink eeatsin* uoeh8pin rill, b8 ebn8idored [88] adtitW4t84 th4 I?tcV184d CiQil &tat&48 Of 'POX48, 14Id unAer GiM&~kt ), Tltla ?A, of
"(a). Whether a prmn, iinn oc aorperatioo wlio 8h8u, Withi fhi8 ?itW, MJ!Mf48hW4 fbr MI&, &t5I8 5D hi8 pO88488iOR with intent tb 4.u. Qr OffW Or 8Xped4 ~fbr Ud, Or iWll Or 4%9-4 Uy wrbonatsd b4V4P884, eort .Arfak bbntaining uwoborln 8bde, 8448 w8t4r er other will be de-d to h4Q4 rtoia&4d, cad be rtrbjq8t u, r08- 706, ?w? urd 7x7 Sr &8 Pk mu! CoAo 4WtiOn kUia4r APttOlQ8 or r8~8.
.~~ (I) URA (b) re at Xn rtnr of the f8bt that qu48i&ri8 ,1. pWknt 8UbjOOt Of iitigOtiOB~'WQ do 5Gt ~88 UpOn th4iiI h4Ti. part;
d44la f&t ehaptsr, previde in Tit10 Food With OAd UZW38. 71, Aepter 3, if~Wll’8 [3] Art1014 i&66, W5ttCSl8 2 Etid Of Amnbtat4a CiVll 3iaAt48, "2. \xfAke, pUbu8h ad 4AfWW9 -08 OGUI8i8t4& with thin Law, and adagt~ at*n&rdr far, foodq, food and siOdea%i pcodltcte, boverage8, 4zWjs et9., a8 ,OfffOlal by t&4 OUthbriebd zaethods of 4lVh1y8i4 ueaartrnaut of &rioultun. Lbtler41 Qf th4 fMd8 4d “3. ;uf&iirti~ into the qU4Lity drug produoto wrrnufeetunb or u%l.d espo~~@d for 4414 iA this Starir. . l m *4 and Arthle 706, ‘J. A, F. @. , provide
~$fola w;ll of that ohatsr @at ‘the tbna *food* ehaU l&%lwIo all artlale8 wed by i%an for or sondFrrnt wh%fD*i &q&e, md, ‘clrlrzk, .Tlat@ri.&g, ooafaationsr~ . &aced ~01 coqmtadod”. Soda *ater, then, fa olaorlSied a8 feed .a +&thia the nmaning of them two rrrttolar. Artio3.e l&75 of Title $1, Chapter 3, opaifioollly adopts the fenal Code d%finttion of of Sood en set forth Fr Article 707. ~@altonttion
The ori(;iaal ,aot d%fialr;(;s edultsration US mod l.s’Te.xas me paend .by ths 30th kgta&tur% in 1907 b$ liciupr Ull #o.. 5, sL’* Ohapwr~39, pa&wbZ; Osdkral Larr OY mxaa. It beoane effeetlve
ia June, 1907, and wwided a8 ScG.lowaa
*In the @aate og towih IFirst. Ii any eubrte~sr has been rpiwd aud pa&d with it so aI’ to n&ma or luwer or lajuricualy asreot It0 quality or 8tmagth.
"imaond~. If any aaub#tanw haa, +w8 aub+tutaQ for the Ftiale.
nhetlp or in pazt ertt%?% .:
*-, : “Foozlth. ?f ft be airad, so&mad, powdered, eeatsd, ur&.-.add ia a abner ‘Mm-ebg baatags $iyrLoritj fa , 1, . *6 in ths l dulteratlon,ot r o ol l tatuta, nm Arti&i 707. ~a the ~langua~8 of' b&h Tedonl &nd Texas statutes
Sinoe m ldentioal~, arLd vainer, the Pedeml l %t was l p rent3.y the baala fox the Texas sot,, M my.l~ook te the oonetruot on plSo%d upon 4"
$&a Psderbl enaotrasct as an aid in dstsralnin~ the proper oon- Sfruotlm the Tbua statute. 39 TW. Jur. 264, wot1on 140.
se find rio wapo law d@h with SSaSharin radar the Zaderal or Teaa aeta. Wweter, tba SUeral 8QPtaiatratlv~ l uthorltlea #aaiakntLy deeids@ t&at oh0 tam eZ 8awmrin in feed am- tha PSbS?SL tatuk, bsSing thelr l t&tukd adultaxatt~ah ga%er an 4extaSo findinga, !#a nata the iollewtag Sood ~wlualoaa forpeotion weirla~~r or ~pma0n* Or bgxiouiturar
pvd Inalne~ion &&&tbn l&L ~aaued Bebmaa X9. X,P;LP, reads in paxtr
vb6 iwmau OS Ghomiatry er Departwit 0r &gahulturs reports thet aaoeharin has been f”u.u; g than rirty kinas ar rued8 &II 068wn usa. iarc ar@M3d, ttUr~rr@n, Oh& ir,tM US% 0s SSoOhSrin &2i foods be SlUwSd, the abYgawer rs very eaaUy irtgaat, ai%r bg Ilay, evrr 0.3 ipam, tba quantbty rhiah, So+ oordlng to the ila4lnga ol tb bferee 138*rB, is liable to pro&we %iaturbanw# ot di@atlW. OJi the OtMr &Ad, it lr alslmed by thS aaw~eotfmra that the sweeteaing pew%r OS raooharin IS S@ WSob wit, in dl normal dietary, tha Sax3uat o$ aaeoharin *7 e
:. ~. qxltmbl; -0. w. 00x, pgo 7
Jagastod cwly would mot ox4ood a.3 gram, tb mmmt &wan4 to ‘bs hraLa~& by iiafoiro @axd.
'Wowewir, this arsr b4; it 18 finin, fmm the finab@ Of th0 ddOlu0 Bomrd, that th4 8Ub8tSfutl4%2 of moohlrrin for 4u(&ar loaorr tho quality of th4 id. The oaly uw or Mooharia In rood8 fs 88 a @weetoner, an4 when It i4 80 u84d, It inorltabl~ the war tli@acor of aa equiralwt s#ekning Sugar ha8 6 fowl value awl rooharln has w-r. llOlW. It clpp8u8, th0w0r0, th0t n0mi rma 8woo8en8~ with raoharln l r0 l luibsrr;teA un4or t-ho 1aW**
To the 8uw ofloot, Me PO& InrpO48i4n DaOl8laa 135, inrum lQll., and Yood Xne~otlon l&ii, irwuo4 1922. Deoirla@ iTa gtd.0 droo a letter, dated July 12, ,+6, t;o 8hJr, do- pirlarnt rraa th0 fr0~48 mto iioalth ofri0er:l
‘W&8 hsa. FH4t4 Board M Eiealth 8nd tb 3tak mm otra.wr bm3 ra2.f 8m of tb, fpn8~8i opinion 8 clX@Z48#Od in 801O~tifi4 lik&UtUH lU&Wdil&& th0 U8d oi raoo$rrin an 0 8ubrtitutO ror 8wsar h rood ptobuatr Selti that the SnfrrdL84rialeatr of rcroharln 40~3.4 b4 UI dalatoriou8 to health, anb, 2'044@11ting their rO&&bBB8i- ths &4&i~S4l bilitr in h4aJth 8nd w4lfaM Of th4 or all8 utato. ado toa tha regulatiun 0it1&4n* pro- tar, wo of uoohl rl 11 a8 a rubeti$uto &lbit&q for ruga in fbod pru4uot*.”
3y virtue bf lWAol0 &66, raetioa~ 2 an4% 3, the IJt8h H4alth tXfio0~ WI Bteta Boer4 4f s88lth bat4 tha 4tlth4rity t0 mati 8uoh a regulation, and it 4404 not 4ppar on ita ra4a th4t r\roh mgulatlon i8 unr~osanable, crrbitrary, or 44pirici4ur.
Ia view of t&8 toregoLa& it la opinloa or thio 40. partmeat that:
(1) t&3 UBB of 86ooharin ia 80411 water aonrtitukr adultentfon within t&a fmentng, of krtiolo 707, bs virtue or the 8tendera r*0a by th4 simi3 milth ofri4w 8&d mapQ, rap thrt
(2) the orfler of thfis dtats Board of timlth i.8 talib.