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MA Gen L ch 94 § 42e (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 42e - Exemption From Filing Bond or Security

Section 42E. If a licensee, or an applicant for a license, under section forty-two A is himself a producer and, in addition to his own production, receives from other producers not more than one hundred quarts of milk, and if the commissioner is satisfied from an investigation of the financial condition of the licensee or applicant that he is solvent and possessed of sufficient assets reasonably to assure compensation to his present and future creditors, the commissioner may, by an order filed in the department of agriculture, relieve such applicant or licensee from filing a bond or other security as hereinabove required. No bond or other security shall be required of a cooperative association receiving milk from producers who are also members, by virtue of a membership agreement or contract in full force and effect, of such cooperative association.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42f (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 42f - Records of Transactions

Section 42F. To the extent and in such form as the commissioner may require, each person licensed under section forty-two A shall keep a record of his receipts from and payments to producers, and shall furnish to each such producer a statement of the quantity of milk received from him.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42g (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 42g - Investigation of Financial Standing and Business Conduct of Applicant or Licensee; Information Disclosed Confidential

Section 42G. The commissioner or his duly authorized assistant may at any time investigate the financial standing and past business conduct of any person applying for or holding a license under section forty-two A, and in such investigation may examine the books of account or other documents or records of any such applicant or licensee, and may take testimony therein under oath; provided, however, that information, disclosed by such investigation and relating to the general business of any such applicant or licensee, but not pertinent to the purposes of sections forty-two A to forty-two J, inclusive, shall be treated by the commissioner as confidential.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42h (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 42h - Grounds for Refusal to Grant License or Revocation

Section 42H. The commissioner may refuse to grant a license under section forty-two A, or may revoke such a license already granted, when he is satisfied of the existence of any of the following causes:  1. That a judgment has been obtained against the applicant or licensee by any producer and remains unsatisfied of record.  2. That the applicant or licensee has failed to make prompt settlements with producers from whom he has received or is receiving milk, or to make statements to producers as provided in section forty-two F.  3. That there has been a continued course of dealing of such nature as to satisfy the commissioner of the inability or unwillingness of the applicant or licensee to conduct business properly or of an intent to deceive or defraud producers.  4. That there has been a continued failure by the applicant or licensee to keep records or furnish information required by the commissioner or by law.  5. That the licensee has failed to give additional security as required under section forty-two D.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42i (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 42i - Notice and Hearing Before Revocation; Order; Decision Final

Section 42I. Before revoking any license issued under section forty-two A, the commissioner shall give the licensee ten days' notice, by delivery in hand or by mail, of the time and place of a hearing to determine whether or not such license shall be revoked. At such hearing, the commissioner or his duly authorized assistant shall receive evidence under oath and give the licensee an opportunity to be heard, and shall thereafter file an order either dismissing the proceeding or revoking such license. The decision of the commissioner following such hearing shall be final.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42j (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 42j - Unlicensed Receiving of Milk From Producers; Penalty

Section 42J. Except as provided in section forty-two E, any person who receives milk from producers without having a license under section forty-two A in full force and effect shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for each consecutive period of twenty-four hours during which such unlicensed operation continues.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 44 (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 44 - Fees for Inspection or Test for Purpose of Protecting Milk Supply Prohibited; Penalty

Section 44. No fee for making any inspection or test of live stock, or any inspection of any dairy, barn or stable, under authority of law, for the purpose of protecting the milk supply of any town, shall be requested or accepted by any official or other person making or assisting to make such test or inspection. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 45 (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 45 - Milk Containers; Names on Caps or Labels; Fees; Penalty

Section 45. No licensed milk dealer shall sell, or have in his possession with intent to sell, milk not contained in clean vessels on which, or on a cap, tag or label attached to which, appears his own name, or the name under which his business is conducted, and no other name; but this section shall not apply to a person using clean vessels on which appears the name of another person whose written permission for such use has been obtained previously and registered in the office of the inspector of milk, in towns having such officer, and in other towns registered in the office of the town clerk upon the payment of the fee provided by clause (76) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 48 (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 48 - Placing of Offal, Swill, etc., in Dairy Product Containers; Penalty

Section 48. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent having custody of any vessel used as a container for milk intended for sale, places or causes or permits to be placed therein offal, swill, kerosene, vegetable matter or any article other than milk, skimmed milk, buttermilk, cream, other wholesale products in which dairy products constitute the major portion thereof, food products approved by the commissioner of public health for use in such vessel or water or other agent used for cleaning said vessel, or sends, ships, returns or delivers, or causes or permits to be sent, shipped, returned or delivered to any producer of milk any vessel used as a container for milk and containing any offal, swill, kerosene, vegetable matter or other offensive material, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars for each such vessel.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 48a (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 48a - Licensing of Pasteurization Establishments; Penalty

Section 48A. No person shall maintain an establishment for the pasteurization of milk without a license from the board of health of the town where the establishment is to be located. Any person desiring such a license may make written application to such board, stating the location of the establishment and such other information as may be required by rules and regulations for the enforcement of this section, which the department of public health is hereby authorized to make. Upon receipt of the application the said board shall cause an examination of the sanitary condition of the establishment to be made, and if it is found to be in a sanitary condition, and in accordance with the requirements of said rules and regulations, and otherwise properly equipped for the business of pasteurizing milk, said board, upon receipt of a license fee of ten dollars, 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, shall issue a license authorizing the applicant to carry on such establishment for the pasteurization of milk for one year, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than forty dollars. If any such establishment licensed hereunder is deemed by the board issuing such license or by the department of public health to be operated or maintained in an unsanitary manner, or in violation of any of said rules and regulations, or not properly equipped for the business of pasteurizing milk, the board or the department shall close such establishment until such time as it has been put in a condition to conform with the requirements of this section, and said board or department may also suspend the license if the required changes are not made within a reasonable time.  Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, violates any provision of this section, or of the rules and regulations made hereunder, shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars.  This section shall not be construed to interfere with the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon boards of health of cities and towns by sections forty-one and forty-one A.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 48b (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 48b - Use by Certain Institutions of Milk Produced, Processed or Packaged in Commonwealth

Section 48B. No institution supported in whole or in part by funds of the commonwealth shall use for its daily needs, milk produced, processed or packaged elsewhere than within the commonwealth; provided, however, that such institution may purchase milk from a dealer who is duly licensed as a milk dealer by a state which permits licensed Massachusetts dealers to sell milk to any institution in said state which is supported in whole or in part by funds of such state and provided, further, that if at any time the supply of milk so produced, processed or packaged is insufficient for the needs of such institution, or does not conform to the required standard for such milk, such institution, while and to the extent only that such insufficiency or lack of conformity exists, may use milk not so produced, processed or packaged. This section shall not apply to cream or to certified milk.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 48d (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 48d - Blending Milk and Cream for Sale

Section 48D. No person shall blend milk and cream for sale, nor have any such blend in his custody or possession with intent to sell the same, unless the blending has been done in a pasteurization plant licensed under the provisions of section sixteen K or section forty-eight A. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 49 (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 49 - Oleomargarine; Sale; Labeling; Marking

Section 49. Whoever himself or by his agent sells, exposes for sale or has in his possession with intent to sell oleomargarine shall have the word ''oleomargarine'', ''margarine'', or ''butterine'' so stamped, labelled or marked that said word cannot be easily defaced, upon the top, side and bottom of each tub, firkin, box or package containing any of said oleomargarine. Whoever, himself or by his agent, exposes or offers for sale oleomargarine not in the original packages shall attach thereto in a conspicuous place a label bearing the words ''imitation butter'', or the word ''oleomargarine'', ''margarine'', or ''butterine''. In retail sales of oleomargarine not in the original package the seller shall attach to each package so sold, and shall deliver therewith to the purchaser, a label or wrapper bearing in a conspicuous place upon the outside of the package the words ''imitation butter'', or the word ''oleomargarine'', ''margarine'', or ''butterine''. Each such stamp, label or mark shall be in printed letters in a straight line of not less than twenty point plain gothic type. This section shall not apply to oleomargarine served with or as a part of a meal.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 50 (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 50 - Imitation Cheese; Labeling

Section 50. Whoever himself or by his agent sells, exposes for sale or has in his possession with intent to sell, any article, substance or compound, made in imitation or semblance of cheese or as a substitute therefor, and either not made by the use of coagulating agents, or containing any fats, oils or grease not produced from the milk of cows, goats or sheep, shall have the words ''imitation cheese'' stamped, labelled or marked in printed letters of plain, uncondensed gothic type, not less than one inch in length, so that said words cannot be easily defaced, upon the side of each cheesecloth or band around the same, and upon the top and side of each tub, firkin, box or package containing any of said article, substance or compound. In retail sales of said article, substance or compound not in the original packages, the seller shall attach to each package so sold, and shall deliver therewith to the purchaser, a label or wrapper bearing in a conspicuous place upon the outside of the package the words ''imitation cheese'', in printed letters of plain uncondensed gothic type, not less than one half inch in length.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 51 (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 51 - Unlawful Sale or Advertising of Imitation Butter and Cheese; Penalty

Section 51. Whoever sells, exposes for sale or has in his possession with intent to sell, any article, substance or compound made in imitation or semblance of butter or cheese or as a substitute therefor, except as provided in the two preceding sections, and whoever with intent to deceive defaces, erases, cancels or removes any mark, stamp, brand, label or wrapper provided for in said sections, or in any manner falsely labels, stamps or marks any box, tub, article or package marked, stamped or labelled as provided in said sections, or whoever himself or by his agent sells, exposes for sale, or has in his possession with intent to sell, oleomargarine, contained in any box, tub, article or package, marked or labelled with the word ''dairy'', or the word ''creamery'', or the name of any breed of dairy cattle, or whoever uses in any way in connection or association with an advertisement of margarine, oleomargarine or of any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter, the name or representation of any dairy animal or breed of dairy cattle, or, with intent to deceive, uses in any way in such connection or association the word ''butter'', ''creamery'' or ''dairy'', or any other words or symbols commonly used only in advertisements of butter, shall for the first offence forfeit one hundred dollars, and for each subsequent offence two hundred dollars, to the use of the town where the offence was committed.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 54 (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 54 - Manufacture, Sale and Advertising of Certain Imitation Butter; Penalty; Application of Section

Section 54. Whoever himself or by his agent or servant renders, manufactures, sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale, takes orders for the future delivery of, has in his possession, keeps in storage, distributes, delivers, transfers or conveys with intent to sell within the commonwealth any article, product or compound made wholly or partly out of any fat, oil or oleaginous substance or compound thereof, not produced from unadulterated milk or cream from the same, which is in imitation of yellow butter produced from unadulterated milk or cream from the same, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year; but this section shall not prohibit the manufacture or sale of uncolored or colored oleomargarine.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 55 (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 55 - Fraud in Sale of Oleomargarine

Section 55. Whoever exposes for sale oleomargarine which is not marked and distinguished by all the marks, words and stamps required by section forty-nine, or whoever does not have upon the exposed contents of each opened tub, package or parcel of oleomargarine a conspicuous placard with the word ''oleomargarine'' or ''margarine'' printed thereon in plain, uncondensed gothic letters, not less than one inch long, or whoever himself or by his agent sells or offers for sale any oleomargarine to any person who asks or sends for butter, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 58 (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 58 - Serving Oleomargarine at Hotels, Restaurants, etc.; Notice; Penalty

Section 58. Whoever furnishes oleomargarine or causes it to be furnished, instead of butter, in any hotel, restaurant or boarding house or at any lunch counter, to a guest or patron thereof, without notifying said guest or patron by means of signs or printed notices on menus, such printing to be of not less than twenty-four point type, in the English language, that the substance so furnished is not butter shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 59 (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 59 - Process or Renovated Butter; Sale; Labeling

Section 59. Whoever himself or by his agent sells, exposes for sale or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, an article or compound commonly known as process butter, and produced by taking original packing stock or other butter, or both, melting the same, so that the butter fat can be drawn off, mixing the fat with skimmed milk, or milk, cream or other milk product, and rechurning the mixture, or by any similar process, shall have ''renovated butter'' conspicuously stamped, labelled or marked so that the words cannot easily be defaced, in a straight line in printed letters not less than one half inch in length, of plain, uncondensed gothic type, upon the top, side and bottom of each tub, firkin, box or package containing said article or compound. The seller at retail of said article or compound which is not in the original package shall himself or by his agent attach to each package so sold and deliver therewith to the purchaser a label or wrapper bearing conspicuously upon the outside thereof the words ''renovated butter'' in printed letters not less than one half inch in length, in a straight line of plain, uncondensed gothic type. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than three months.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 60 (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 60 - Complaints for Violations of Sections Relative to Oleomargarine, Butter and Cheese

Section 60. Each inspector of milk shall institute complaints for the violation of any provision of sections forty-nine to fifty-eight, inclusive, sixty-two or sixty-five G to sixty-five S, inclusive, except subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of section sixty-five P, on the information of any person who lays before him satisfactory evidence to sustain such complaint, if he has reasonable cause to believe that said provision has been violated. He may enter each place where butter, cheese or imitations thereof, or frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix as defined in section sixty-five G, are stored or kept for sale, and shall take samples of suspected butter, cheese or imitations thereof, or frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix, and cause them to be analyzed or otherwise satisfactorily tested, and shall record and preserve as evidence the result of such analysis or test. Before commencing the analysis of any sample in any proceeding for violation of any provision of sections forty-nine to fifty-one, inclusive, and sixty-five G to sixty-five S, inclusive, the analyst shall reserve and seal a portion of the sample, and, upon complaint made against the person from whom such sample was taken, such reserved portion of the sample alleged to be adulterated shall, upon application, be delivered to such person or to his attorney. The expense of such analysis or test, not exceeding twenty dollars in any one case, may be included in the expense of such prosecution.