ABSTRACT
The language of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) seems rather unequivocal whenever acts of adulteration by filth are mentioned (1). One paragraph, 301(k) {21 USC 331(k)}, prohibits any act done to a food after shipment in interstate commerce that results in the food being adulterated. Another, 402(a) (3) {21 USC 342(a)(3)}, states that a food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or if it otherwise is unfit for food. The final example, from paragraph 402(a)(4) {21 USC 342(a)(4)}, states that a food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary 628conditions by which it may have been contaminated with filth, or by which it may have been rendered injurious to health.
