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MA Gen L ch 94 § 295cc (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295cc - Handicapped Persons; Motor Fuel Dispensing

Section 295CC. Every licensed retail motor fuel dealer who offers for sale from both full-service and self-service motor fuel pumps or other dispensing devices from which motor fuel is sold at the same location, shall dispense motor fuel from the self-service pump or device for any owner-operator of a motor vehicle bearing handicapped person or disabled veteran number plates as described in section two of chapter ninety. Any such retail motor fuel dealer shall display in a prominent location one or more signs stating its compliance with the provisions of this section. The division of standards shall develop standards for such signs including, but not limited to, size, text, legibility and location.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 296 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 296 - Measurers of Wood and Bark

Section 296. A town and the city council of a city shall annually choose one or more measures of wood and bark, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties and shall hold office during the year and until others are chosen and qualified in their stead. A town, by vote fixing the number to be chosen, may delegate the appointment of such measurers to the selectmen.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 297 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 297 - Measurers of Wood and Bark Licensed to Act in Adjoining Town

Section 297. Such measurers may, in the manner prescribed for measurers of lumber in section eight of chapter ninety-six, be licensed to act in a town adjoining that for which they are elected or appointed.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 298 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 298 - Sale of Cordwood; Dimensions; Standard Units of Measure Defined

Section 298. Cordwood sold or offered or exposed for sale shall be four feet in length. The term ''firewood'' shall be construed to mean and include wood cut to any lengths of less than four feet and more than eight inches. Cordwood and firewood shall be advertised, offered for sale and sold only in terms of cubic feet or cubic meters which will be construed as indicating the closely stacked cubic foot or cubic meter content to be delivered to the purchaser. The terms ''cord'', ''face cord'', ''pile'', ''truckload'' or terms of similar import shall not be used in the advertising and sale of cordwood or firewood. The term ''kindling wood'' shall be construed to mean and include all split wood, edgings, clippings or other waste wood averaging eight inches in length. Except as provided by sections two hundred and forty-three and two hundred and forty-seven, the standard unit of measure for kindling wood shall be the bushel of two thousand one hundred and fifty and forty-two hundredths cubic inches.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 299 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 299 - Delivery Ticket or Sales Invoice for Sales of Cordwood or Firewood

Section 299. Whoever, except as otherwise provided, sells cordwood or firewood, shall cause a delivery ticket or sales invoice to be issued and delivered to the purchaser or his agent at the time of delivery of the wood. Such delivery ticket or sales invoice shall include the name and address of the seller and the purchaser, the quantity delivered to the purchaser in terms of cubic feet or cubic meters, the date delivered and the price of the quantity of wood delivered. Whoever violates any provision of this or the preceding section shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of fifty dollars, for the second offense by a fine of two hundred dollars and for each subsequent offense by a fine of five hundred dollars. Whoever alters or substitutes a delivery ticket or sales invoice for fraudulent or deceptive purposes shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 300 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 300 - Fees of Measurers of Wood and Bark

Section 300. Measurers of wood and bark shall be entitled to such fees for their services as the aldermen or selectmen shall establish; and the fees shall in each case be paid to the measurer by the driver and shall be repaid by the purchaser.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 301 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 301 - Measurement of Water Borne Wood; Fees

Section 301. Cord wood brought by water into a town for sale, and landed, shall be measured by a public measurer; and for that purpose the wood shall be corded and piled by itself in ranges, making up in height what is wanting in length, and, being so measured, a ticket shall be given to the purchaser, who shall pay the stated fees for such service. Towns may establish ordinances and by-laws, with suitable penalties, for the inspection, survey, measurement and sale of wood and bark for fuel brought therein for sale, and may also provide for the appointment of inspectors, surveyors and other officers and establish their fees.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 302 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 302 - Tickets Certifying Quantity in Load; Application of Secs. 296 to 303

Section 302. Each wharfinger, carter or driver who conveys firewood or bark from a wharf or landing place shall be furnished by the owner or seller with a ticket certifying the quantity which the load contains and the name of the driver; and if firewood or bark is thus conveyed without such ticket accompanying the same, or if a driver refuses to produce and show such ticket to any sworn measurer on demand, or to give his consent to have the same measured, or if such ticket certifies a greater quantity of wood or bark than the load contains in the opinion of such measurer after measuring the same, the driver and owner shall for each load thereof severally forfeit five dollars. Sections two hundred and ninety-six to three hundred and three, inclusive, shall not apply to a person who transports or carts or causes to be transported or carted from a wharf or landing place to his own dwelling house or store cord wood or bark which he has purchased on a wharf or landing place, or which he has landed thereon upon his own account.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303 - Sale of Prepared Wood, Bark, Slabs and Edgings for Fuel; Surveyors and Inspectors

Section 303. The city counsel of a city may establish ordinances, with suitable penalties not exceeding five dollars for any one violation thereof, for the regulation of the sale of prepared wood, slabs and edgings for fuel, when sold by the load, and for the inspection, survey, measurement and sale of bark for fuel or manufacturing purposes brought into said city for sale, whether the same is exposed for sale in ranges or upon a vehicle; and said city may provide for the appointment of such surveyors, inspectors and other officers as may be necessary to carry into effect said ordinances and may establish their fees.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303a - Licensing of Manufacture, Sale and Transportation of Methyl Alcohol or Wood Alcohol

Section 303A. No person other than a registered druggist shall engage in the business of manufacturing, buying, selling, transporting, importing, exporting or dealing in methyl alcohol, or wood alcohol, so called, or any preparation, other than shellac varnish or shellac solvent or paint remover or varnish remover, used for manufacturing or commercial purposes which contains more than three per cent of methyl alcohol and is intended for use other than as a beverage, without being licensed so to do as provided in section three hundred and three B.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303b - Fees for Licenses; Renewals; Suspension; Records

Section 303B. The board of health of a town may issue to properly qualified persons licenses to engage therein in the business described in section three hundred and three A. Unless otherwise established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, the fee for such a license shall be one dollar, which shall be paid into the town or city treasury, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than five dollars. The department of public health may issue licenses to such persons to engage in such business anywhere within the commonwealth upon payment of a fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, which shall be paid into the state treasury. All licenses issued under this section shall expire twelve calendar months from the date of issue, and may at any time be suspended or revoked, for cause, by the issuing authority. Such authority shall keep a record of all licenses granted, suspended or revoked by it.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303c - Marking Containers Containing Methyl Alcohol or Wood Alcohol

Section 303C. Every barrel, keg, bottle or other container containing methyl alcohol or wood alcohol, so called, or any drug or medicine intended for external use containing methyl alcohol shall bear in capital letters not less than three eighths nor more than one and one half inches in height, stencilled or printed thereon, the words ''POISON, NOT FOR INTERNAL USE'', or shall bear a label which shall include the word ''POISON'' and which shall conform to regulations prescribed by the department of public health, authority to prescribe such regulations and to amend or annul the same being hereby granted to said department. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, sells, exchanges or delivers any such alcohol, drug or medicine in any container not conforming to this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303d - Sale of Methyl Alcohol or Wood Alcohol by Unlicensed Person; Sale to Minors; Sale for Drinking Purposes Prohibited

Section 303D. The sale of methyl alcohol or wood alcohol, so called, or any preparation containing methyl alcohol as described in section three hundred and three A by a person not licensed as required by sections three hundred and three A and three hundred and three B, or by a licensee to a person under sixteen years of age or to any person without reasonable investigation and inquiry to determine that the same is not to be used for drinking purposes, shall constitute the offence of unlawful sale of alcohol and may be described as such in any complaint or indictment without more; but a person so charged shall be entitled to a bill of particulars in accordance with section forty of chapter two hundred and seventy-seven.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303e - Penalties for Violation of Secs. 303a to 303d

Section 303E. Except as otherwise provided in section three hundred and three C, violation of any provision of sections three hundred and three A to three hundred and three D, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303g - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 303h to 303l

Section 303G. As used in this section and sections three hundred and three H to three hundred and three L, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:—  ''Anti-freeze'', any substance or preparation intended for use as the cooling medium, or to be added to the cooling liquid, in the cooling system of internal combustion engines to prevent freezing of the cooling liquid or to lower its freezing point.  ''Division'', the division of standards in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303h - Minimum Standards of Strength and Quality for Anti-Freeze; Adulteration

Section 303H. The division shall establish minimum standards of strength and quality for anti-freeze. An anti-freeze shall be deemed to be adulterated if it consists in whole or in part of any substance which will render it injurious to the cooling system of an internal combustion engine or will make the operation of the engine dangerous to the user; or if its strength, quality, or purity falls below the minimum standards of strength and of quality, as established by the director of the division.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303i - Misbranded Anti-Freeze; Labels for Containers

Section 303I. An anti-freeze shall be deemed to be misbranded if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; or if sold in a container which does not bear a label containing the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, seller or distributor and an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight or measure on the outside of the container.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303j - Inspection of Anti-Freeze Sample; Issuance and Cancellation of Permit for the Sale of Anti-Freeze

Section 303J. No anti-freeze shall be sold, offered for sale, or held with intent to sell within the commonwealth unless a sample thereof has been inspected by the division and a permit for the sale thereof has been issued by the division. Upon application of the manufacturer, packer, seller, or distributor and the payment of a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for each brand of anti-freeze submitted, the division shall inspect such anti-freeze. If the anti-freeze is not adulterated or misbranded, the division shall give the applicant a written permit authorizing the sale of such anti-freeze within the commonwealth for a period expiring June thirtieth next.  If the division finds that any anti-freeze which is to be sold, offered for sale, or held with intent to sell has been altered or adulterated or that a change has been made in the name, brand or trade-mark under which said anti-freeze is to be sold, the division shall notify the licensee and cancel his permit forthwith.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303k - Enforcement of Secs. 303g to 303j; Samples; Inspection of Premises, Etc.

Section 303K. The division shall administer and enforce the provisions of sections three hundred and three G to three hundred and three J, inclusive, by inspections, chemical analyses, and other appropriate methods. All samples for analysis shall be taken from stocks within the commonwealth or intended for sale therein, and the division may call upon the manufacturer or distributor applying for a license for the sale of an anti-freeze to supply a sample thereof for analysis. The division shall have free access by legal means during business hours to all places of business, buildings, vehicles, cars and vessels used in the manufacture, transportation, sale or storage of any anti-freeze, and it may open by legal means any box, carton, parcel, or package containing or supposed to contain any anti-freeze and may take therefrom samples for analysis.  The division may make such analyses, inspections, and investigations, and may carry on research and may publish the reports of such analyses, inspections and research for the information of the public.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303l - Rules and Regulations Relating to Secs. 303g to 303k

Section 303L. The division may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to promptly and effectively enforce the provisions of sections three hundred and three G to three hundred and three K, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303m - Penalty for Violation of Sec. 303j

Section 303M. Whoever violates any provision of section three hundred and three J shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 303n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 303n - Sale of Engine Coolant or Antifreeze Not Containing a Bittering Agent Prohibited

Section 303N. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, except as may be otherwise provided in this section, engine coolant or antifreeze containing more than 10 per cent ethylene glycol that is manufactured after January 1, 2011 may not be sold in the commonwealth unless said engine coolant and antifreeze shall include denatonium benzoate at a minimum of 30 parts per million and a maximum of 50 parts per million as a bittering agent within the product so as to render it unpalatable.  A manufacturer of a product for sale in the commonwealth subject to this section shall maintain a record of the trade name, scientific name and active ingredients of the bittering agent used pursuant to this section, and that information shall be available to the public upon request.  A manufacturer, processor, distributor, recycler or seller of an engine coolant or antifreeze that is required to contain an aversive agent, as described in the first paragraph, shall not be liable for personal injury or death incurred by a resident of the commonwealth, or for any property damage, or damage to the environment, including natural resources, or economic loss that results from the inclusion of denatonium benzoate in the engine coolant or antifreeze, provided that the inclusion of denatonium benzoate is present in concentrations described and mandated by the first paragraph. The limitation on liability, as provided in this paragraph, shall not apply to a particular liability to the extent that the cause of that liability is found to be unrelated to the inclusion of denatonium benzoate in the engine coolant or antifreeze.  A city or town, or any subdivision thereof, shall not establish or continue in effect a local ordinance or policy concerning retail containers of engine coolant or antifreeze sold in that city or town, which in any manner shall limit or otherwise prohibit the inclusion of a bittering agent in the engine coolant or antifreeze that is in any way different from, or in addition to, the provisions of this section.  This section shall not prevent the sale of a motor vehicle in the commonwealth where engine coolant or antifreeze may be found in the radiator of the motor vehicle that does not meet the provisions of the first paragraph of this section.  A person who violates this section shall be subject to the penalty set forth in section 303M for each violation.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 304 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 304 - Vendor to Furnish Sample of Drug, Cosmetic or Device, or Article of Food for Analysis; Penalty

Section 304. Whoever offers or exposes for sale or delivers to a purchaser any drug, cosmetic or device, or article of food, shall, upon application of an inspector, analyst or other officer or agent of the department of public health and upon tender of the value thereof, furnish a sample sufficient for the analysis of any such drug, cosmetic, device or article of food which is in his possession. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less then twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 305 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 305 - Fraud in Packing Commodities Sold by Weight; Penalties

Section 305. Whoever, with intent to defraud or injure, in baling or in packing in any container any commodity sold by weight, including wool, leather, cotton, waste, rags and paper, places therein any substance foreign to the contents thereof shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of fifty dollars and imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three months.