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
of any deleterious substance, compound or adulteration which may be
detrimental to public health and which has been found upon analysis
in such samples, and stating the number of the samples in which said
substance was found. Upon such examination or analysis the brewer,
distiller or vendor in whose sample of spirituous, fermented or malt
liquor such deleterious substances, compounds or adulterations shall
be found, shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this Act,
and shall be punishable as prescribed in section seven of this Act.
6. Section six of said chapter four hundred and seven of the laws of
eighteen hundred and eighty-one is hereby amended to read as follows:--
6. Every person selling, offering, exposing for sale or manufacturing,
brewing or distilling any article of food, spirituous, malt or
fermented liquors, or delivering any such articles to purchasers,
shall be bound to serve or supply any public analyst or other agent
of the State or local Board of Health appointed under this Act, who
shall apply to him for that purpose, and upon his tendering the value
of the same, with a sample sufficient for the purpose of analysis of
any article which is included in this Act, and which is in possession
of the person selling, manufacturing, brewing or distilling the same,
and any person who shall refuse to serve or supply such sample of
any article as prescribed herein, or any person who shall impede,
obstruct, hinder or otherwise prevent any analyst, inspector or
prosecuting officer in the performance of his duty shall be deemed to
have violated the provisions of this Act, and shall be punishable as
prescribed by section seven of this Act.
7. Section seven of said chapter four hundred and seven of the laws of
eighteen hundred and eighty-one is hereby amended to read as follows:--
7. Upon discovering that any person has violated any of the provisions
of this Act, the State Board of Health shall immediately communicate
the facts to the district attorney of the county in which the person
accused of such violation resides or carries on business, and the said
district attorney, upon receiving such communication or notification,
shall forthwith commence proceeding for indictment and trial of the
accused as prescribed by law in cases of misdemeanour.
8. The State Board of Health shall be authorised to expend, in
addition to the sums already appropriated for said board, an amount
not exceeding three thousand dollars, for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of this Act, in relation to spirituous, fermented
or malt liquors. And the sum of three thousand dollars is hereby
appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated and expended for the purposes of this Act.
9. This Act shall take effect immediately.
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