Report on Consumer Health Warnings for Alcoholic Beverages and Related Issues

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Page 27 - Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, School of Medicine.
Page 619 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 97 - Secretary is authorized, by regulations, to make such reasonable exceptions from, and impose such reasonable terms and conditions relating to, the operation of this subsection as he finds necessary for the proper administration of the provisions of this Act.
Page 97 - food" means (1) articles used for food or drink for man or other animals, (2) chewing gum, and (3) articles used for components of any such article.
Page 90 - courts are not at liberty to pick and choose among congressional enactments, and when two statutes are capable of co-existence, it is the duty of the courts, absent a clearly expressed congressional intention to the contrary, to regard each as effective.
Page 95 - The measure contains substantially all the features of the old law that have proved valuable in promoting honesty and fair dealing. But it amplifies and strengthens the provisions designed to safeguard the public health and prevent deception, and it extends the scope of the law to include cosmetics, therapeutic devices, and certain drugs that now escape regulation.
Page 96 - food" includes all substances and preparations used for, or entering into the composition of, food, drink, confectionery, or condiment for man or other animals.
Page 95 - Congress. The House committee reported that the act 'seeks to set up effective provisions against abuses of consumer welfare growing out of inadequacies in the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906
Page 97 - Act. (b) Meats and meat food products shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act to the extent of the application or the ex-tension thereto of the Meat Inspection Act, approved March 4, 1907, as amended (USC, 1934 ed., title 21, sees. 71-91; 34 Stat. 1260 et seq.).
Page 167 - Alcoholism is an illness characterized by preoccupation with alcohol and loss of control over its consumption such as to lead usually to intoxication if drinking is begun; by chronicity; by progression; and by tendency toward relapse.

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