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
10. And be it enacted, that the State Board of Health is hereby
empowered and directed to appoint, each year, a competent person, who
shall act as State inspector of milk, at a salary of eight hundred
dollars per annum, payable by the treasurer of this State, by warrant
of the comptroller, in quarterly payments, for the purposes of this
Act, and in addition thereto, said inspector shall be paid his actual
travelling expenses while in the performance of his duties, and actual
expenses of suits brought by him under this Act, payable by the
treasurer of this State by warrant of the comptroller; said inspector
shall act until removed by said board, or until his successor is
appointed, and shall make such reports to said board, at such time as
it may direct; said inspector, having reason to believe the provisions
of this Act are being violated, shall have power to open any can,
vessel, or package containing milk and not marked as directed by the
first section of this Act, whether sealed, locked or otherwise, or
whether in transit or otherwise; and if, upon inspection, he shall
find such can, vessel or package to contain any milk which has been
adulterated, or from which the cream, or any part thereof, has been
removed, or which is sold, offered or exposed for sale, or held in
possession with intent to sell or offer for sale, in violation of any
section of this Act, said inspector is empowered to condemn the same
and pour the contents of such can, vessel or package upon the ground,
and bring suit against the person or party so violating the law, and
the penalty, when so collected by such suit, shall be paid into the
treasury of this State, and said inspector is directed to cause the
name and place of business of all persons convicted of violating any
section of this Act to be published once in two newspapers in the
county in which the offence is committed; and said inspector is
empowered to appoint one or more deputies, who shall have power to
inspect milk, as provided by this Act, and who shall be empowered to
act as complainant, as provided by section nine of this Act; provided,
that no expense be incurred to the State by action or appointment in
lieu thereof of said deputies.
[Sidenote: Inspector to be a public analyst.]
11. And be it enacted, that said State inspector of milk shall also be
a public analyst, and shall make analyses and investigations of food,
drugs, and other substances, as he may be directed so to do by the
State Board of Health.
[Sidenote: Certain Acts repealed.]
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