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
3. The mayor of cities shall, and the supervisor of towns may,
annually, appoint one or more persons to be inspectors of vinegar, who
shall be sworn before entering upon their duties, and who shall have
power and authority to inspect and examine all vinegar offered for
sale.
4. No person shall by himself, his servant or agent, or as the servant
or agent of any other person, sell, exchange, deliver, or have in his
custody or possession, with intent to sell or exchange, or expose or
offer for sale or exchange any adulterated vinegar, or label, brand
or sell as cider vinegar, or as apple vinegar, any vinegar not the
legitimate product of pure apple juice, or not made exclusively from
apple cider.
5. All vinegars shall be without artificial colouring matter, and
shall have an acidity equivalent to the presence of not less than
four and one-half per cent., by weight, of absolute acetic acid,
and in the case of cider vinegar, shall contain in addition not
less than two per cent. by weight of cider vinegar solids upon full
evaporation over boiling water; and if any vinegar contains any
artificial colouring matter or less than the above amount of acidity,
or in the case of cider vinegar, if it contains less than the above
amount of acidity or of cider vinegar solids, it shall be deemed to be
adulterated within the meaning of this Act.
6. Every person making or manufacturing cider vinegar shall brand
on each head of the cask, barrel or keg containing such vinegar
the name and residence of the manufacturer, the date when same was
manufactured, and the words cider vinegar.
7. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Any person who
may have suffered any injury or damage by reason of the violation of
any of the provisions of this Act, may maintain an action in his own
name against any person violating any of the provisions of this Act,
to recover the penalties provided for such violation, and one-half of
the sum recovered shall be retained by him for his own use and the
other half shall be paid into the city or county treasury where such
offence was committed for the benefit of such city or county.
8. This Act shall take effect immediately.
The following are the Statutes of the State of Massachusetts relating
to the adulteration of food and drugs:--
GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO ADULTERATION.
FOOD AND DRUGS.
[Sidenote: Adulteration prohibited. 1882, 263, § 1.]
SECTION 1. No person shall, within this commonwealth, manufacture for
sale, offer for sale, or sell any drug or article of food which is
adulterated within the meaning of this Act.
[Sidenote: Definition of terms “drug” and “food.” 1882, 263, § 2.]
2. The term “drug” as used in this Act shall include all medicines for
internal or external use, antiseptics, disinfectants, and cosmetics.
The term “food” as used herein shall include all articles used for
food or drink by man.
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