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
15. That all packages of oleomargarine subject to tax under this
Act that shall be found without stamps or marks as herein provided,
and all oleomargarine intended for human consumption which contains
ingredients adjudged, as hereinbefore provided, to be deleterious to
the public health, shall be forfeited to the United States. Any person
who shall wilfully remove or deface the stamps, marks or brands on the
package containing oleomargarine taxed as provided herein shall be
guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be punished by a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, and by
imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six months.
16. That oleomargarine may be removed from the place of manufacture
for export to a foreign country without payment of tax or affixing
stamps thereto, under such regulations and the filing of such bonds
and other security as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe. Every person
who shall export oleomargarine shall brand upon every tub, firkin,
or other package containing such article the word “oleomargarine” in
plain Roman letters not less than one-half inch square.
17. That whenever any person engaged in carrying on the business of
manufacturing oleomargarine defrauds, or attempts to defraud, the
United States of the tax on the oleomargarine produced by him, or any
part thereof, he shall forfeit the factory and manufacturing apparatus
used by him, and all oleomargarine and all raw material for the
production of oleomargarine found in the factory and on the factory
premises, and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor
more than five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than six
months nor more than three years.
18. That if any manufacturer of oleomargarine, any dealer therein, or
any importer or exporter thereof shall knowingly or wilfully omit,
neglect, or refuse to do, or cause to be done, any of the things
required by law in the carrying on or conducting of his business, or
shall do anything by this Act prohibited, if there be no specific
penalty or punishment imposed by any other section of this Act for
the neglecting, omitting, or refusing to do, or for the doing or
causing to be done, the thing required or prohibited, he shall pay a
penalty of one thousand dollars; and if the person so offending be
the manufacturer of or a wholesale dealer in oleomargarine, all the
oleomargarine owned by him, or in which he has any interest as owner,
shall be forfeited to the United States.
19. That all fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this Act may
be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
20. That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury, may make all needful regulations for the
carrying into effect of this Act.
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