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MA Gen L ch 94 § 31 (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 31 - Interference With Director, Chief or Agents; Violations of Secs. 25 to 30 or Rules and Regulations; Penalty

Section 31. Whoever hinders or obstructs the director or the said chief of the bureau of milk marketing, or any agent of either said person, in the discharge of any authority or duty imposed upon him by any provision of sections twenty-five to thirty, inclusive, whoever violates any provision of said sections, and whoever knowingly violates any provisions of the rules and regulations made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 32 (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 32 - Milk Stations

Section 32. The board of health of a city, and of a town of ten thousand or more inhabitants, when it deems it advisable for the public health, may establish one or more stations for the distribution of milk, either free of charge in cases of necessity, or at such charge and under such conditions, rules and regulations as it establishes; but this section shall not permit any such board to engage in a general milk business.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 33 (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 33 - Inspectors of Milk and Collectors of Samples of Milk

Section 33. The board of health of a city shall, and the board of health or the selectmen acting as such board of a town may, appoint one or more inspectors of milk and one or more collectors of samples of milk, who shall have the powers, and perform the duties, conferred and imposed by law upon such inspectors and collectors, who shall be under the control of, and whose compensation shall be fixed by, the board appointing him or them; but no person whose business, in whole or in part, is the buying or selling of milk, or who is an officer, agent or employee of any person engaged in the sale thereof, shall be appointed as such inspector. Each person so appointed shall be sworn before entering upon his official duties and each such inspector shall publish a notice of his appointment for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in his town, if any; otherwise he shall post such notice in two or more public places therein. Such inspectors may be removed in cities in the manner provided in sections forty-one to forty-five, inclusive, of chapter thirty-one, and in towns at any time, by the appointing board.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 34 (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 34 - Employment of Board Members as Collectors of Milk Samples

Section 34. Any board mentioned in the preceding section may designate and employ any member of the board or any agent or employee thereof as a collector of samples of milk.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 35 (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 35 - Powers of Inspectors of Milk and Collectors of Samples of Milk; Appointment; Removal

Section 35. Each inspector of milk shall enforce in his town the laws as to the milk supply, and shall make complaint for a violation of any provision of sections nineteen to twenty-eight, inclusive, thirty-three, thirty-eight to forty, inclusive, and forty-one A, upon the information of any person laying before him satisfactory evidence whereby to sustain such complaint. He shall keep an office and shall record, in books kept for the purpose, the name and place of business of each person engaged in the sale of milk within such town. Each inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk may enter each place where milk is produced, stored or kept for sale and each vehicle used for its conveyance, and take therefrom samples for analysis. Upon request made when any sample is taken, he shall seal and deliver to the owner or person from whose possession the milk is taken a portion of each sample, and a receipt therefor shall be given to him. Each inspector of milk shall cause each sample to be analyzed or otherwise satisfactorily tested, and shall record and preserve as evidence the results thereof; but no evidence of the result of such analysis or test shall be received if such inspector or collector refuses or neglects to seal and deliver, upon request as above provided, a portion of such sample to the owner or person from whose possession it is taken. This section shall not apply to milk in the course of interstate commerce.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 36 (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 36 - Results of Milk Analysis Sent to Owner

Section 36. An officer of the department of public health or of the division of regulatory services of the department of food and agriculture, an inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk, or other officer of the commonwealth or of a city or town who obtains a sample of milk for analysis shall, within ten days after obtaining the result of the analysis, send it to the person from whom the sample was taken or to the person responsible for the condition of such milk.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 37 (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 37 - Liability of Producer of Milk

Section 37. No producer of milk shall be liable to prosecution for the reason that the milk produced by him is not of good standard quality unless such milk was taken upon his premises or while in his possession or under his control by an inspector of milk, collector of samples of milk or agent of the division of dairying and animal husbandry of the department of food and agriculture or of the department of public health, and a sealed sample thereof was given to such producer upon demand, nor unless he shall fail to bring the milk produced by him to the legal standard for milk solids and milk fat within twenty days after written notice that it is below said standard has been sent to him by the officer taking said sample. At any time after such period of twenty days has elapsed, any such officer may take a second sample, and if it is found to be below the legal standard for milk solids and milk fat prosecution may follow.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 38 (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 38 - Connivance by or Interference With Inspector of Milk or Collector of Samples of Milk

Section 38. An inspector of milk or a collector of samples of milk who wilfully connives at or assists in a violation of sections nineteen, twenty, twenty-three, thirty-nine, forty and one hundred and forty-six, or any person who hinders, obstructs or interferes with such an inspector or collector in the performance of his duty, shall, except as provided in section sixty, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than two months.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 39 (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 39 - Use of Imitation or Counterfeit Seal

Section 39. Whoever makes, causes to be made, uses or has in his possession, an imitation or counterfeit of a seal used by an inspector of milk, collector of samples of milk or other officer engaged in the inspection of milk, and whoever changes or tampers with a sample taken or sealed as provided in section thirty-five, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars and by imprisonment for not less than three nor more than six months.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 40 (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 40 - License to Sell Milk or Cream Required; Contents; Display

Section 40. No person, except a producer or dealer selling milk to other than consumers, or selling not more than twenty quarts per day to consumers, shall deliver, exchange, expose for sale or sell or have in his custody or possession with intent so to do any milk or cream in any town where an inspector of milk is appointed, without obtaining from such inspector a license which shall contain the number thereof, the name and place of business. A license issued to a partnership or corporation shall be issued in the business name of said partnership or corporation and shall contain the names in full of the partners and managers of said partnership or officers of said corporation. The license shall, for the purposes of sections forty to forty-two, inclusive, be conclusive evidence of ownership and shall not be sold, assigned or transferred. No person, other than a producer selling milk or cream, or both, shall display the word ''dairy'' on any vehicle used by him or his authorized agent in the business of selling milk or cream, unless such person has a license, in full force and effect, issued under section forty-eight A. Whoever in such a town engages in the business of selling milk or cream from any vehicle for household deliveries shall display conspicuously on the outside of each vehicle so used the name and principal place of business of the licensee in Gothic letters not less than one and one-half inches in height. Whoever in such a town engages in the business of selling milk or cream in a store, booth, stand or market place shall have his license conspicuously posted therein.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 41 (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 41 - Granting of License to Sell Milk or Cream; Fee; Term, Suspension or Revocation; Appeal; Reinstatement; Notice; List of Dealers

Section 41. An inspector of milk in any town, for the purposes mentioned in the preceding section and subject to the regulations established by the board of health of such town, may grant licenses to suitable persons, and 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 receive for each license so granted a fee of two dollars for the use of such city or town, and all license fees collected by him shall be paid over monthly to the city or town treasurer, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than ten dollars. Such licenses shall remain in force until June first following, unless previously suspended or revoked. An inspector of milk may declare any license granted by him under this section suspended or forfeited upon a conviction of the licensee in any court of the commonwealth for violation of his license. If the applicant for a license fails to comply with any regulation of the board of health of the town where the application is made, a license may be refused until he has complied with such regulation; and a license granted under this section may be revoked at any time for failure to comply with any such regulation. If a license is so refused or revoked, an appeal may be taken to the department of public health, whose decision shall be final. Every inspector of milk shall annually during the month of June, and at any other time upon special request of the commissioner of agriculture, furnish to him a list of dealers holding licenses for the sale of milk, skimmed milk or cream who purchase the same directly from producers in the commonwealth. If any inspector revokes such a license or reinstates such a license previously revoked, he shall, within ten days after the effective date of such revocation or reinstatement, notify said commissioner in writing to that effect.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 41a (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 41a - Dealers Selling to Other Than Consumers; License

Section 41A. No dealer selling to other than consumers, except a dealer licensed under the provisions of sections forty and forty-one, shall deliver, exchange, expose for sale or sell or have in his custody or possession with intent so to do any milk or cream in any town where an inspector of milk is appointed, without obtaining from such inspector a license which shall contain the number thereof, and the name and place of business. A license issued to a partnership or corporation shall be issued in the business name of said partnership or corporation and shall contain the names in full of the partners and managers of said partnership or officers of said corporation. Application for such license shall be made on or before March first of the license period beginning June first, following, or at any time later than March first in any year for the balance of the license period after the date of issue of the license. The inspector of milk in any town may grant such license. Such application shall be made upon a form furnished and prescribed by the commissioner of public health.  The inspector of milk upon the payment of a fee of two dollars shall issue to such applicant a license which shall remain in force and effect for a period of five years beginning June first following or the balance thereof as the case may be.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42 (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 42 - Penalties for Violation of Sec. 40

Section 42. Whoever violates any provision of section forty shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of fifty dollars and by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than two months.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42a (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 42a - Definitions Applicable to This Section and Secs. 42b to 42j; License to Receive Milk From Producers; Application; Bond or Other Security; Fee

Section 42A. The following words, as used in this section and in sections forty-two B to forty-two J, inclusive, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:  ''Cooperative association'', a duly incorporated organization of dairy farmers which the commissioner determines to be qualified under the provisions of the Act of Congress of February 18, 1922, known as the ''Capper-Volstead Act'', and to be engaged, by virtue of a membership agreement or contract in full force and effect, in making collective sales of, or marketing, milk or its products for producers.  ''Pay period'', the period in any month from the first to the fifteenth day, inclusive, or from the sixteenth to the final day inclusive.  ''Producer'', any person engaged in the commercial production of milk on a place or premises within the confines of the commonwealth, including, to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the commissioner, a cooperative association which represents any such person in the marketing of his milk.  ''Receive'' or ''receipt'', the act of any person, licensed or required to be licensed under the provisions of chapter ninety-four A, by which raw milk is first accepted or caused to be accepted from a producer.  No person shall receive milk from producers unless licensed to do so by the commissioner. Application for such license shall be made on or before March the first in each year for the license year beginning June the first following, or at any time later than March the first in any year for the balance of the license year after the date of issue of the license, which date shall be at least two months subsequent to the filing of the application. Such application shall be made upon a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall contain a statement of such information as he may require to aid him in fixing the amount of the bond or other security hereinafter required. Such statement shall be made under the penalties of perjury by the applicant, if an individual, and, if the applicant is a corporation, by its president and treasurer. A license shall not be issued unless the applicant shall execute and file at the time of filing the application, or within such further time as the commissioner may allow, a bond or other security satisfactory to the commissioner or shall be relieved therefrom as provided in section forty-two E. The commissioner, if satisfied with the financial responsibility and good faith of the applicant and with the bond or other security filed with him, shall issue to such applicant, upon payment of a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, a license entitling the applicant to receive milk from producers for the license year or balance thereof as the case may be.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42b (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 42b - Bond; Amount; Form; Condition; Note, Cash or Collateral in Lieu of Bond

Section 42B. The bond required by the preceding section shall be payable to the commissioner and shall be in a sum fixed by him. Said sum shall be substantially equivalent to the total value, as determined by the commissioner, of milk received by the applicant from all producers during an average pay period in the three months immediately preceding the date of application for a license, plus ten per cent of such total value, or, if the applicant is not currently receiving milk from producers, shall be substantially equivalent to the total value, as estimated by the commissioner, of milk to be received from all producers in an average pay period during the term for which the license is to issue, plus ten per cent thereof. Such bond shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall be executed by the applicant and by a surety company authorized to do business in the commonwealth. It shall be upon the condition that the applicant, if granted a license, shall faithfully comply with all pertinent provisions of this chapter and shall promptly pay all amounts due or to become due to producers during the license period for which application is made. In lieu of such bond, the commissioner may accept a note of like amount payable to him, secured by a mortgage of real estate or by a deposit of cash or collateral with him. Any such mortgage, or note secured by cash or collateral, shall be upon the same condition as is herein provided for a bond. Any cash or collateral deposited under this section or under section forty-two D shall be deposited by the commissioner with the state treasurer, who shall hold the same subject to section forty-two C.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42c (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 42c - Default by Licensee; Notices; Action on Bond; Payment of Claims

Section 42C. Each producer shall notify the commissioner in writing of any default in the timely payment for milk on the part of a licensee, such notification to be made within ninety days after the date on which payment for milk is regularly due under the provisions of chapter ninety-four A, of orders, rules or regulations issued under the authority thereof, or of a federal milk marketing order effective in the commonwealth. Upon default by the licensee in any of the conditions of his bond or other security, if there is reason to believe that the licensee is in arrears in his payments to producers for milk received by him, the commissioner shall give notice to all producers so affected to file verified claims with him, and may, if he deems it advisable, fix a limit of time within which such claims shall be filed. The commissioner or his duly authorized assistant shall examine claims so filed and shall certify the amounts determined by him to be due thereon. Upon such default, the commissioner or his duly authorized assistant may bring such action as is deemed necessary upon any bond given under the two preceding sections, may foreclose any mortgage given thereunder and sell the mortgaged property and may sell any collateral deposited with him thereunder. He shall first apply the sum recovered in any such action, or the proceeds of the sale of any such mortgaged property or deposited collateral, or any cash deposited as security toward the payment of any claims of producers filed and certified under this section, and, if the amount thereof is more than sufficient to pay all such claims in full, shall pay any balance remaining, after deducting all expenses, to the licensee or his legal representative or surety or other person entitled thereto. In any action taken upon a bond or other security filed under the provisions of sections forty-two A and forty-two B, the certificate of the commissioner in determining the amounts due shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 42d (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 42d - Insufficient Bond or Other Security; Notice to Commissioner; Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Disbursements; Additional Security

Section 42D. If the business operation of any licensee is such that the total value of milk received by him from producers in any pay period exceeds the sum of his bond or other security filed under the provisions of sections forty-two A and forty-two B, he shall advise the commissioner thereof in writing not later than thirty days after the end of such pay period. The commissioner may from time to time require a licensee to file a statement of his assets, liabilities and disbursements covering a period to be prescribed by the commissioner, including the names and addresses of producers from whom the licensee receives milk and the amount due to each such producer. Such statement shall be made under the penalties of perjury by the licensee, if an individual, or, if the licensee is a corporation, by its president and treasurer. If it appears from such statement, or from facts otherwise ascertained by the commissioner, that the security afforded to producers by bond, note, mortgage or otherwise does not adequately protect them, the commissioner may require the licensee to give, immediately or within such time as the commissioner may fix, additional security in such sum as he shall determine; provided, however, that the total amount of security required of such licensee shall not thereby be made to exceed by more than twenty-five per cent the total value of milk received by the licensee from producers during any pay period in the three months immediately preceding.