Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-16
An Act to Regulate. the Sale and Analysis
nua- OF Food

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Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, persons or corporation, within
| this state to manufacture for sale, or ex-
pose Tor sale. or have in his or their pos
sesS LOT sale. or 70 sell any article Of
within the meaning OF this acty
section z The term food as used in
tnls act snaN include every article used
| tle.'
For the purpose of this act an article
OF food shall be misbranded:
| FIRST, II the package or label shall bea +
any statement purporting to name any
ingredient. or substance as not being con
tame IN such article. which statement
| snaIl De untrue i'll any particular
Second, if the package or label shall
pear any statement purporting to name
the substance or substances of which
s shau article Is made which statement
stances contained in such article in any
| measurable quantity"
! Ihlrd. II the package or label shall
uedr any statement purporting to name
| the state or territory in which ii is man
ulLaCtured or purchased. which statement
snail ne untrue in any particular
| an ar,inu o; FOR the purpose of this act,
flrst II any substance or substances be
mixed or packed with it SO as to reduce
o or s9wer, or injuriously affect it's quality
| ,.,econd, if any inferior substance or
nar, . s be substituted wholly or in
pdIl lOr the article.
| aifd, II 1t be an imitation, or sold I'M
uef the name of another article provid-
eu mat nothing in this act shan be con-
strued to prohibit the manufacture or
S Saae Oh oieomargarne, bu.terine or kim
uIeu compounds in a separate and dis
linet form, and in such manner as Will
auVise the customer of its real charac-
Ter, Tree from coloration or ingredient
tnat causes it to look like butter"
Fourth, If it is colored, coated pol-
isned or powdered. whereby damage is
concealed or if ii is made to appear be-
'er or OF greater value than it rs
Fifth, If it contains poisonous more
uieuts winch may render such article in
furious to the health of the party con-
s ~ II, or If ii contains any antisep-
nc or preservative not evident or nor
known to the purchaser or consumer
90 SIKH. II II consists IN whole or in part
U, a diseased filthy or decomposed or
table, unfit for food, whether manut,c
tured or not. or ii 1t is in any part the
product or "a diseased animal. or Of any
animal that has died otherwise than bv
slaughter ~
Section l. The Maine agricultural ex-
pertinent station shall analyze samples
pected or being adulterated, at such
times and to such extent as it NAV deier
mine. And the director of ss.. station. in
peosoh or by deputy shall have Tree
access at All reasonable hours TO any
p!ace wherein 1t is suspected any article
Oh rood adulterated with any deleteriors
or foreign ingredient or ingredients ex-
ISIS. ana upon rendering the market nrlcn
Oh Such article may take from any per-
son, hrm or corporation, samples Of any
article suspected of being auulterated as
aforesaid. And said station may adopt
VI * standards or purity. quality or
strength when such STANDARDS are NOT
Spec.ned or fixed by statute
section g. Whenever the director of
the Maine agricultural exueriment sta
lion becomes cognizant of the violation
OF any provisions of this act he shall re-
port such violation to the secretary of
me board of agriculture. and said secre-
tary shall prosecute lie party or parties
thus reported
Section .. Any person or persons who
shall adulterate or misbrand any food as
ueiined IN THIS act, or snail sell offer or
expose for sale the same as unadtIteratcd
or truly branded, shall, on conviction in
court of competent jurisdiction be
fined not TO exceed one hundred collars
for the first offence, and not to exceed
TWO hundred dollars tor each subsequent
offence"
Section I. The Maine agricultural eX-
pertinent station Shaa receive tor taking
samples within me provisions of this a:t
and for analysis Of the same, only actual
travelling expenses ana I'VE dollars for
each sample taken and analysed, to be
paid by the Safe of Maine but added to
the costs of prosecution and recovered OF
the owner OF such article food ii de-
clared upon inspection to be found adult
terated or misuranded within the mean
ing of this act. The expenses to the
State of above inspection shall not eX-
coed the amount recovered under sections
six and seven of this act
Section 5. All fines and cost OF analy
sis specified in section Z, recovered
under this act shall be kept as sepa-
rate fund to pay necessary expenses III
maintaining same.
Section 8. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent herewith are hereby repeated