LARD.

Acts of 1887, 449, § 1.

No manufacturer or other person shall sell, deliver, Compound lard to be properly prepare, put up, expose or offer for sale any lard, or any labelled. article intended for use as lard, which contains any ingredient but the pure fat of swine, in any tierce, bucket, pail or other vessel or wrapper, or under any label, bearing the words "pure," "refined," "family," or either of them, alone or in combination with other words, nor unless every vessel, wrapper or label, in or under which such article is sold or delivered, or prepared, put up or exposed for sale, bears on the top or outer side thereof, in letters not less than one-half inch in length and plainly exposed to view, the words: Compound Lard.

Acts of 1887, 449, § 2.

Any person who violates any provision hereof shall be Penalty. punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars for the first or one hundred dollars for any subsequent offence.

POULTRY.

Acts of 1887, 94, § 1.

properly

No poultry, except it be alive, shall be sold or exposed Poultry to be for sale until it has been properly dressed, by the removal dressed before of the crop and entrails when containing food.

Acts of 1887, 94, § 2.

sale.

Whoever knowingly sells or exposes for sale poultry Penalty. contrary to the provisions of section one of this act shall

be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each offence. The boards of health in Boards of health the several cities and towns shall cause the provisions of this act to be enforced in their respective cities and

towns.

to enforce

Penalty for selling tainted fish

for food.

1809

OF THE SALE OF TAINTED OR DAMAGED FISH.

P. S., 56, § 45.

Whoever sells within this Commonwealth or exports therefrom tainted or damaged fish, unless with the intent that the same shall be used for some other purpose than as food, shall forfeit ten dollars for every hundred pounds of such fish, and in the same proportion for any other quantity; and upon a trial in such case the burden of proof shall be upon the defendant to show for what purpose such fish was so exported or sold.

Chocolate, how to be stamped.

1803

Ingredients of.

Boxes, how branded.

Boxes, when

may be seized,

etc.

OF THE SALE OF CHOCOLATE.

P. S., 60, § 8.

No manufacturer of chocolate shall make any cake of chocolate except in pans in which are stamped the first letter of his christian name, the whole of his surname, the name of the town where he resides, and the quality of the chocolate in figures, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, as the case may be, and the letters MASS.

P. S., 60, § 9.

Number one shall be made of cocoa of the first quality, and number two of cocoa of the second quality, and both shall be free from adulteration; number three may be made of the inferior kinds and qualities of cocoa. Each box containing chocolate shall be branded on the end thereof with the word chocolate, the name of the manufacturer, the name of the town where it was manufactured, and the quality, as described and directed in the preceding section for the pans.

P. S., 60, § 10.

If chocolate manufactured in this Commonwealth is offered for sale or found within the same, not being of one of the qualities described in the two preceding sections and marked as therein directed, the same may be seized and libelled.

OF THE ADULTERATION OF VINEGAR.

P. S., 60, § 69.

Acts of 1883, 257, § 1.

ated vinegar.

Every person who manufactures for sale or offers or Sale of adulterexposes for sale as cider vinegar, any vinegar not the Penalty. legitimate product of pure apple juice, known as apple 1880 cider or vinegar, not made exclusively of said apple cider or vinegar, into which any foreign substances, ingredients, drugs or acids have been introduced, as may appear by proper tests, shall for each such offence be punished by fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

P. S., 60, § 70.

containing in

gredients inju Penalty.

rious to health.

Every person who manufactures for sale, or offers or Sale of vinegar exposes for sale, any vinegar found upon proper tests to contain any preparation of lead, copper, sulphuric acid or other ingredients injurious to health, shall for each such offence be punished by fine of not less than one hundred dollars.

P. S., 60, § 71.

of inspectors.

The mayor and aldermen of cities shall, and the select- Appointment men of towns may, annually appoint one or more persons to be inspectors of vinegar for their respective places, who shall be sworn before entering upon their duties.

Acts of 1883, 257, § 2.

of inspectors.

Any city or town in which an inspector shall be ap- Compensation pointed under the preceding section, may provide compensation for such inspector from the time of such appointment, and in default of such provision shall be liable in an action at law for reasonable compensation for services performed under such appointment.

Acts of 1884, 307, § 1.

ated vinegar.

No person shall by himself, his servant or agent, or as Sale of adulterthe 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

Standard of vinegar prescribed.

Milk inspectors to enforce act.

Penalty for violation.

vinegar, or as apple vinegar, any vinegar not the legitimate product of pure apple juice, or not made exclusively from apple cider.

Acts of 1885, 150, § 1.

All vinegars shall be without artificial coloring 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 coloring 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.

Acts of 1884, 307, § 3.

It shall be the duty of the inspectors of milk who may be appointed by any city or town to enforce the provisions of this act.

Acts of 1884, 307, § 4.

Whoever violates any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

OF THE

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH RELATIVE TO THE INSPECTION AND ANALYSIS OF FOOD AND DRUGS.

1. The State Board of Health shall appoint analysts and inspectors, as provided in section 5 of chapter 263, Acts of 1882.

2. It shall be the duty of the inspectors to procure samples of drugs and articles of food at such times and places as the secretary shall direct, in the manner provided in section 6 of chapter 263 of the Acts of 1882, and in section 3 of chapter 289 of the Acts of 1884, and in all acts amendatory of said provisions.

3. Under the direction of the secretary, the inspectors. shall, for the identification of samples, affix a number to each sample of food or drugs obtained by them in such manner as may be prescribed. Under no circumstances shall an inspector convey any information to an analyst as to the source from which any sample was obtained.

4. The inspector shall keep records of each sample, each record to include the following items:

(a) The inspector's number.

(b) The date of purchase or receipt of sample.

(c) The character of the sample.

(d) The name of the vendor.

(e)

The name of the city or town and street and number where the sample is obtained, and in the case of a licensed milk peddler, the number of his license.

(f) As far as possible the names of manufacturers, producers or wholesalers, with marks, brands or labels stamped or printed upon goods.

5.

It shall be the duty of the analysts so appointed to determine, under the direction of the secretary, by proper examination and analysis, whether articles of food