Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

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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:
rmeetlngof 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 ,8tateBalth
8~14adopted aaid definition8and etan-
imou8ly adopka and roomu&endadby mld
#aid defl.nition8 an& qtanba8&8 80
id Board and made and 8dopted by eafd
State liealthOfficer were the followinglr
4.85
486
“(b). whothor a per8on, rbi or wrpor8tiao who
ahal, within th18 stete, bmautaotur4 for 8aJ.4, h8VQ in
hi8 ~b8fMO8iOAwith fatant to ru, Qr orfor Or apor
for self9 or 8el.l or exohang8 any 8rtiol4 of rood eon-
taining Anera oil aa PI; inpedient
will be dearnedto
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
ebn8idored88 adtitW4t84 unAer GiM&~kt ), Tltla ?A, of
th4 I?tcV184d
CiQil &tat&48 Of 'POX48,14Id
"(a). Whether a prmn, iinn oc aorperatioo wlio
8h8u, Withi fhi8 ?itW, MJ!Mf48hW4 fbr MI&, &t5I8 5D
hi8 pO88488iORwith intent tb 4.u. Qr OffW Or 8Xped4
~fbr Ud, Or iWll Or 4%9-4 Uy wrbonatsd b4V4P884,
8bde, 8448 w8t4r er eort .Arfak
other bbntaining uwoborln
will be de-d to h4Q4 rtoia&4d, cad be rtrbjq8t u, r08-
4WtiOn kUia4r APttOlQ8 706, ?w? urd 7x7 Sr &8 Pkmu! CoAo
or r8~8.
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,1. Xn rtnr of the f8bt that qu48i&ri8 (I) URA (b) lre at
pWknt the 8UbjOOt Of iitigOtiOB~'WQ do 5Gt ~88 UpOn th4iiI h4Ti.
Tit10 71, Aepter 3, if~Wll’8 Amnbtat4a CiVll 3iaAt48,
d44la With Food OAd UZW38. Art1014 i&66, W5ttCSl8 2 Etid3 Of
f&t ehaptsr, previde in part;
"2. \xfAke,pUbu8h ad 4AfWW9 -08 OGUI8i8t4&
with thin Law, and adagt~ at*n&rdr far, food foodq,
pcodltcte, boverage8, 4zWjs et9., and the siOdea%i
zaethods of 4lVh1y8i4 OUthbriebd a8 ,OfffOlal by t&4
Lbtler41 ueaartrnaut of &rioultun.
“3. ;uf&iirti~ into the qU4Lity Qf th4 fMd8 4d
drug produoto wrrnufeetunb or u%l.dor espo``@dfor
4414 iA th is Sta r ir
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lm
~$fola w;ll of that ohatsr and Arthle 706, ‘J. A, F. @. , provide
@at ‘the tbna *food* ehaU l&%lwIo all artlale8 wed by i%an for
. md, ‘clrlrzk, .Tlat@ri.&g, ooafaationsr~ or sondFrrntwh%fD*i &q&e,
.a &aced ~01 coqmtadod”. Soda *ater, then, fa olaorlSieda8 feed
+&thia the nmaning of them two rrrttolar.Artio3.el&75 of Title
$1, Chapter 3, opaifioolllyadopts the fenal Code d%finttion of
~@altonttion of Sood en set forth Fr Article 707.
The ori(;iaal ,aotd%fialr;(;s
edultsrationUS mod l.s’Te.xas
me paend .by ths 30th kgta&tur% in 1907 b$ 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 @aateog 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
nhetlp or in pazt for the lFtiale.
ertt%?%
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: “Foozlth. ?f ft be airad, so&mad, powdered, eeatsd,
ur&.-.add ia a abner ‘Mm-ebg baatags or $iyrLoritj fa
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~a in ths ldulteratlon,ot r o ol
ltatuta, nm Arti&i 707.
Sinoe the ~langua~8 of' b&h Tedonl &nd Texas statutes
m ldentioal~, arLdvainer, the Pedeml l%t was lp rent3.y the baala
fox the Texas sot,,M my.l~ook te the oonetruot 4"on plSo%d upon
$&a Psderbl enaotrasct as an aid in dstsralnin~the proper oon-
Sfruotlm or the Tbua statute. 39 TW. Jur. 264, wot1on 140.
se find riowapo law d@h with SSaSharin radar the Zaderal or
Teaa aeta. Wweter, tba SUeral 8QPtaiatratlv~ luthorltlea
#aaiakntLy deeids@ t&at oh0 tam eZ 8awmrin in feed am-
lt& tukadultaxatt~ah
d ga%er tha PSbS?SL ltatuk, bsSing thelr
~wlualoaa an 4extaSo findinga, !#a nata the iollewtag Sood
forpeotion weirla``r or the ~pma0n* Or bgxiouiturar
pvd Inalne~ion &&&tbn l&L ~aaued Bebmaa X9. X,P;LP,
reads in paxtr
vb6 iwmau OS Ghomiatry er the Departwit 0r
&gahulturs reports thet aaoeharin has been f”u.u; g
iarc than rirty kinas ar rued8 &II 068wn usa.
ar@M3d, ttUr~rr@n,Oh& ir,tM US% 0s SSoOhSrin &2i
foods be SlUwSd, the abYgawer rs very eaaUy irtgaat,
ai%r bg Ilay,evrr 0.3 ipam, tba quantbty rhiah, So+
oordlng to the ila4lnga ol tb bferee 138*rB, is
liable to pro&we %iaturbanw# ot di@atlW. OJi
the OtMr &Ad, it lr alslmed by thS aaw~eotfmra
that the sweeteaingpew%r OS raooharin IS S@ WSob
wit, in dlnormal dietary, tha Sax3uato$ aaeoharin
e
:. ~. qxltmbl; -0. w. 00x, pgo 7
Jagastod cwly would mot ox4ood a.3 gram, tb
mmmt &wan4 to ‘bs hraLa~& by the iiafoiro @axd.
'Wowewir, this arsrb4; it 18 finin, fmm the
finab@ Of th0 ddOlu0 Bomrd, that th4 8Ub8tSfutl4%2
of moohlrrinfor 4u(&arloaorr tho quality of th4
id. The oaly uw or Mooharia In rood8 fs 88 a
@weetoner,an4 when It i4 80 u84d, It inorltabl~
tli@acor the war of aa equiralwt s#ekning
w-r. Sugar ha8 6 fowl value awl rooharln has
llOlW. It clpp8u8, th0w0r0, th0t n0mi rma
8woo8en8~with raoharln lr0 lluibsrr;teA un4or t-ho
1aW**
To the 8uw ofloot, Me PO& InrpO48i4n DaOl8laa 135,
inrum lQll., and Yood Xne~otlon Deoirla@ l&ii, irwuo4 1922.
iTa gtd.0 droo a letter, dated July 12, ,+6, t;o 8hJr, do-
pirlarnt rraa th0 fr0~48mto iioalthofri0er:l
‘W&8 hsa. FH4t4 Board M Eiealth8nd tb 3tak
mm otra.wr bm3 ra2.f 8m of tb, fpn8~8i opinion
l8 clX@Z48#Odin 801O~tifi4lik&UtUH lU&Wdil&& th0 U8d
oi raoo$rrin an 0 8ubrtitutOror 8wsar h rood ptobuatr
Seltithat the SnfrrdL84rialeatr UI of rcroharln40~3.4 b4
dalatoriou8to health, anb, 2'044@11ting their rO&&bBB8i-
bilitr in ths &4&i~S4l h4aJth 8nd w4lfaM Of th4
0it1&4n* or all8 utato. ado toa tha regulatiun pro-
&lbit&q tar, wo of uoohl rl 11 a8 a rubeti$uto 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 4tlth4rityt0
mati 8uoh a regulation, and it 4404 not 4ppar on ita ra4a th4t
r\rohmgulatlon i8 unr~osanable,crrbitrary, or 44pirici4ur.
Ia view of t&8 toregoLa& it la the opinloa or thio 40.
partmeat that:
(1) t&3 UBB of 86ooharin ia 80411water 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 orflerof thfis
dtats Board of timlth i.8talib.