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Mare. The bills are given below III full:
An Act to regulate the sale and analy-
sis Of food
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
| OF representatives in Legislature assem-
bled, as follows:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful fol- any
persons. persons or corporation within,
this State to manufacture. foI sale. to sell
OF To offer or expose for sale amy articlt
q food which is adujeratcd or n!isbrand-
ed within tho meaning Of this act.
Section :. The term food. as used IL
| this act. shall INCLUDE every article uSc
lof loou OF drink by man. horses or eat
Section :. For the purpo<e Of his &C.
an article OF food shall be considered as
dGuiteroGS or misbranded:
Ffrst-If any substance or substances
he mixed o. packed with it 50 Is. to re-
aEiiltN or strength
Second-li any inferior substances ol
substances he substituted wholly or i'll
part Tor this article.
hlrd-lt any necessary or valuable con-
nart Oh the article be wholly OF i'll
par abs1ractcd
E"mrth-If il he in imitation of or sold
"i,:cl the irimC Of .Inochcr article.
flfth-lf 1t be colore:l. coated. polished
OF powdered whereby damage i conceal
Gu or II Ii hc mad" to appear better or of
Si!Itcr value than it is.
Si\ih-lf il contains poisonous incrcdi-
t'!tS or II il contains anv anti*crtic or
pr' $ rNativ" rot evident or not known Il
~ purchaser
sevcntn-!f i; consist wholly or in BART
% Il diseased. hlthy. dccompos"d or pa
tiia animal OF vegetabl" substance
ihGhih-lf The package or label snail
nave any statement purportiuS 20 nam
any ingredient or substance a.( not bnin.
| contained III the article. which statcmcn;
| 7hlil he untrue in amy PARTICULAR.
Nlnth-lf the package or label shall bear
any statement purportine to name the
substance or Substances Of which the III
tlcle IS made. which statement snail no;
lnlly give the names of al substances
contained therein.
Tenth-If it hc labeled or branded so as
to deceive or miSlcad the pui chased in any
particular.
Provided. tiat any article of food which
is aduiteratcd within the meaning OF this
act. but which does not contain any poi!;-
"EouS or delct"rious inSrcdicn, may b,
manufat turcd or sold if the same shall
be plainly labeled. branded or tagged =,
az to show the exact character thereof
f""vldrd further. that nothing i'll this ac;
torS, manufacturers or sell, RS of pronrip.
| ;a:N foods which contain no unwholaSom,
| substances 10 disclose their trade. furrnr,-
| las except that in the ease OF bakinn
powders. each can or package shall he
| plainly labeled to show the acid sal,
| OF salts contained therein.
| Agricultural Experiment Station shall an
| alNZe. or cause to be analysed samples
! OF articles Of TODD on sale in Maine. 1us-
pccted Of being aduitcrated. ana ut such
unl"S and to such extent as said director
| may determine. And said director, I:
person or 10y deputy. shall have free. ar
| cess at all reasonable hours 30 any plac,
| wherein articles OF food are offered TO,
| sale. and upon rendering the ,narke,
price of any such article may take from
| any person, persons or corporation. sam.
pies for analysis.
SEC ton >. The results Of all analysis OF
| articles of food made by said director
shall be published by him in The bulletins
or reports Of the Experiment Station to.
! gcther with the names of the persons
| nom wnom the samples were obtained
and the names of the manutacturnrs
thereof. The said director may also adopt
or fix standards of purity. quality OF
strength whe.; such standards are not
| specified or fined by law. and shall pub.
list them together with such other in.
formation concerning articles OF food as
| may te Of public benefit.
Section &. Whoever adllltcrates or mis-
brands any article Of food rs defined il,
this act. Or whoever sells. offers or ex-
poses for sale any adulterat"d or mis-
branded article Of food shall be published
by fine MOI exceeding on" hundred dol
lars for the first offence and no: exceed
ing two hundred dollars for each Sllbse-
qucnt offence.
Section 1. Whenever said director be-
Of the provisions of this act. be shall rc-
port such violation to the Commi- Soner
Of Agriculture, and said commissioner
shall prosecute the party or parties thus
reported.
Section 8. No action shall I've main
tanned i'll any court in this STATE on ar-
count of any sale or other contract mad
in violation of this act.
Section g. Sections 10 H. T. T. H. Il
IL and Il of Chapter 10 of tho Revise,
statutes. and all acts or parts OF acts in
col sistent herewith are he rehv repealed
Section ~. This act shall take effect
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An Act to further regulate the ANALYSIS