PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 612 , 613 -JUNE 24, 1948 Tropical diseases. Service connection. 38U.S.C.note toll. 739. June 24, 1948 iH. R. 4071] [Public Law 749] Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, amendment. 52 Stat. 1042. Removal of label, etc. 52 Stat. 1044. such other chronic diseases as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may add to this list: And providedfurther,That, subject to the limita- tions of this subparagraph, tropical diseases, such as cholera; dysen- tery; filariasis; leishmaniasis; leprosy; loiasis; malaria; black water fever; onchocerciasis; oroya fever; dracontiasis; pinta; plague; schisto- somiasis; yaws; yellow fever and others and the resultant disorders or diseases originating because of therapy, administered in connection with such diseases, or as a preventative thereof, shall be accorded service connection when shown to exist within one year after separation from active service or at a time when standard and accepted treatises indicate that the incubation period thereof commenced during active service. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent serv- ice connection for any disease or disorder otherwise shown by sound judgment to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service." SEC. 2 . Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), part II, paragraph I, as amended, is hereby amended by adding subparagraph (d) thereto, said paragraph to read as follows: "That for the purpose of paragraph I (a) hereof, any person who served in the military or naval service for six months or more and was honorably discharged therefrom and contracts a tropical disease such as cholera; dysentery; filariasis; leishmaniasis; leprosy; loiasis; malaria; black water fever; oncho- cerciasis; oroya fever; dracontiasis- pinta; plague; schistosomiasis; yaws; yellow fever and others and the resultant disorders or diseases originating because of therapy administered in connection with such diseases, or as a preventative thereof, unless shown by clear and unmis- takable evidence to have had its inception prior or subsequent to active service, shall be deemed to have incurred such disability in active service when it is shown to exist within one year after separation from active service, or at a time when standard and accepted treatises indicate that the incubation period thereof commenced during active service. Noth- ing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent service connection for any disease or disorder otherwise shown by sound judgment to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service." Approved June 24, 1948. [CHAPTER 613] AN ACT To amend sections 301 (k) and 304 (a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (k) of section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C . 331 (k)), is amended to read as follows: "(k) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the labeling of, or the doing of any other act with respect to, a food, drug, device, or cosmetic, if such act is done while such article is held for sale (whether or not the first sale) after shipment in interstate commerce and results in such article being adulterated or misbranded." SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 304 of such Act, as amended (21 U. S. C . 334 (a)), is amended by inserting immediately after the words "when introduced into or while in interstate commerce" the following: "or while held for sale (whether or not the first sale) after shipment in interstate commerce". Approved June 24, 1948. 582 [62 STAT.
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