Food Adulteration and Its Detection: With photomicrographic plates and a bibliographical appendixBattershall, Jesse P. (Jesse Park)
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Food Adulteration and Its Detection: With photomicrographic plates and a bibliographical appendix
Battershall, Jesse P. (Jesse Park)
Food adulteration and inspection; Food adulteration and inspection -- United States
2. Section one of chapter four hundred and seven of the laws of
eighteen hundred and eighty-one is amended to read as follows:--
1. No person shall within this State manufacture, brew, distil, have,
offer for sale or sell any articles of food, drugs, spirituous,
fermented or malt liquors which are adulterated within the meaning
of this Act, and any person violating this provision shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanour, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars for the first offence,
and not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment for one year,
or both, for each subsequent offence, and shall in addition thereto
be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every
offence, to be sued for and recovered in the name of the people of
the State of New York on complaint of any citizen, one-half of such
recovery to be paid to the prosecutor of the action and the balance
shall be paid to the county where such recovery shall be obtained for
the support of the poor.
3. Section two is hereby amended to read as follows:--
2. The term food as used in this Act shall include every article
of food or drink by man, including teas, coffees, and spirituous,
fermented and malt liquors. The term drug as used in this Act shall
include all medicines for internal or external use.
4. Section three is hereby amended by adding after subdivision seven
the following: C. In the case of spirituous, fermented and malt
liquors, if it contain any substance or ingredient not normal or
healthful to exist in spirituous, fermented or malt liquors, or which
may be deleterious or detrimental to health when such liquors are used
as a beverage.
5. Section five is hereby amended to read as follows:--
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