[Derived from Art. IX of Ch. XXV of the Charter and Ordinances,
1974]
The inspectors of food and drug supplies shall have power and
it is their duty to examine all complaints which may be filed with
the Department with reference to any unwholesome food or drugs. It
shall be their duty in case of poisoning or suspected poisoning to
make diligent investigation and furnish to the Commissioner of Health
such samples for analysis as may be deemed necessary.
No preparation recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia
shall be sold or kept on sale within the City of Buffalo if it differs
from the standard of quality or purity laid down therein, unless the
order calls for an article different from such standard or unless
such difference is made known or appears to the purchaser at the time
of sale.
A.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, give away, deal in or supply
or have in his or her possession with intent to sell, offer for sale,
give away, deal in or supply any article of food or drink or any medicinal
or toilet preparation intended for human use internally or externally,
which contains any wood naphtha, otherwise known as "wood alcohol"
or "methyl alcohol," either crude or refined, whatever may be the
name or trademark under or by which said wood naphtha shall be called
or known.
B.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, give away, deal in or supply
or have in his or her possession with intent to sell, offer for sale,
give away, deal in or supply any wood naphtha, otherwise known as
"wood alcohol" or "methyl alcohol," either crude or refined, whatever
may be the name or trademark under or by which said wood naphtha shall
be called or known, unless the container in which the same is sold,
offered for sale, given away, dealt in or supplied shall bear a notice
containing the following device and words conspicuously printed or
stenciled thereon, namely:
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POISON.
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WOOD NAPHTHA OR WOOD ALCOHOL.
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Warning -- It is unlawful to use this fluid in any article of
food, beverage or medicinal or toilet preparation, intended for internal
or external human use.
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A.
No person shall sell or cause to be sold at retail within the City
of Buffalo carbolic acid of a greater strength than a 5% solution,
nor cocaine in any form, except upon the prescription of a physician
duly authorized and licensed to practice as such under the laws of
the State of New York.
B.
This section shall not apply to the sale of carbonic acid in amounts
of two pounds or more nor to the sale of cocaine to dentists duly
licensed to practice under the laws of the State of New York.
