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MA Gen L ch 94 § 69 (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 69 - Regulation of Cold Storage

Section 69. No article of food intended for human consumption shall be placed or retained in cold storage if deemed by the department of public health to be diseased, tainted or otherwise unwholesome, and no person shall return to cold storage any article of food that has once been released from such storage for the purpose of placing it on the market for sale, but this section shall not apply to the transfer of goods from one cold storage or refrigerating warehouse to another, provided that such transfer is not made for the purpose of evading any provision of sections sixty-six to seventy-two, inclusive, and ninety-two. No person shall alter, deface or remove any marking on cold storage food which shows the date of its receipt in cold storage until after the food is finally withdrawn for the purpose of immediate sale for consumption, nor shall any person transfer the ownership of food in cold storage without previously making known to the purchaser the date on which it was originally placed in cold storage.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 70 (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 70 - Time Limit for Holding Food in Cold Storage; Extension

Section 70. No person shall hold any article of food in cold storage which has been in cold storage longer than twelve calendar months, except with the consent of the department of public health. The said department, upon application, may extend the period of storage beyond twelve months for a particular consignment of goods, if the goods in question are found upon examination to be in proper condition for further storage at the end of such time. The length of time for which further storage is allowed shall be specified by the department. A report on each case in which such extension of storage is permitted, including information relating to the reason for the action of said department, the kind and amount of goods for which the storage period was extended, and the period of extension, shall be included in the annual report of the commissioner of public health.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 71 (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 71 - Date of Receipt of Food in Cold Storage; Marking on Containers

Section 71. The date of receipt into cold storage shall be plainly marked either upon the containers in which any articles of food deposited in such storage are packed, or, if not packed in containers, on or in connection with all such articles, except fish. When deposited in cold storage, all articles of food which have been previously stored in any other state or country shall be plainly marked, as above provided, with the date of their original deposit in cold storage.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 72 (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 72 - Sale of Goods Formerly Held in Cold Storage; Displaying Sign

Section 72. Except as provided in sections seventy-eight and ninety-one, no person shall sell or offer or expose for sale articles of food which have been held in cold storage without notifying each person purchasing or intending to purchase the same that they have been so held by displaying in a conspicuous place a sign marked ''Cold Storage Goods Sold Here''. No person shall represent or advertise as fresh goods articles of food which have been held in cold storage.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 73 (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 73 - Penalties for Violation of Secs. 66 to 72 and 92

Section 73. Whoever violates any provision of sections sixty-six to seventy-two, inclusive, and ninety-two, shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 73a (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 73a - Storing and Transporting Frozen Food

Section 73A. No person engaged in the business of storing frozen food or transporting such food shall store or transport such food within the commonwealth unless it is stored or transported under refrigeration which shall insure good keeping qualities and under temperatures and holding conditions approved by the director of the division of food and drugs of the department of public health. Said director may, after public hearing, make regulations for the storing and transportation of frozen food, including temperature control, sanitation and other matters, in accordance with recognized standards necessary for the protection of the public health and the preservation of such food in wholesome condition. The term ''frozen food'', as used in this section, shall include food of any kind which has been preserved by a process of freezing. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to delivery of such food by a retailer to the purchaser.  Whoever violates any provision of this section or of any regulation made hereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 77a (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 77a - Classification of Fish; Definition

Section 77A. All fresh food fish before being offered for sale, placed in cold storage, salted or smoked shall be graded as follows:—  ''Prime'', fish in extra fine condition.  ''Superior'', fish in suitable condition to stand shipment outside the commonwealth for human consumption as fresh fish.  ''Standard'', fish in suitable condition for immediate human consumption as fresh fish.  All other fish shall be classified as refuse, shall be deemed unsuitable for human consumption, and may be used only for fish meal, fertilizer or other non-food purposes.  No person shall represent, sell, offer for sale or advertise fresh, frozen, salted or smoked fish of any grade under any misleading or other than the truthful and correct name and grade or corresponding term for such fish.  The word ''fish'' as used in this section shall be taken to mean only swimming fish or finny fish of the class known as Pisces.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 77b (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 77b - Marking Food Fish Containers Deposited in Cold Storage With Date of Receipt

Section 77B. Food fish, unless deposited in bulk, when deposited in cold storage except in private freezing plants, shall be plainly marked with the date of receipt on the containers in which they are packed; and if deposited in bulk, shall at the time of removal from cold storage be plainly marked on such containers with the month and year of receipt.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 77c (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 77c - Sale or Representing for Sale of Frozen Fish

Section 77C. No person shall sell, or represent for the purpose of sale, otherwise than as frozen, fish which have been frozen.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 77d (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 77d - Importation of Fresh Swordfish

Section 77D. No person shall import, or cause to be imported into this commonwealth for purposes of sale, any fresh swordfish unless properly packed in ice so as to prevent the same from becoming infected, contaminated or unwholesome.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 77e (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 77e - Marking of Imported Fish Formerly in Cold Storage

Section 77E. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in cold storage for a period exceeding six months fish received from any other state or country which have been previously in cold storage either within or without this commonwealth, unless at the time of deposit such fish are plainly marked with the date of their original deposit in cold storage, whether within or without.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 77f (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 77f - Sale of Food Fish by Weight

Section 77F. All food fish, except soft-shelled clams and oysters sold at wholesale, shall be sold by weight. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 77g (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 77g - Use of Dead Lobsters for Food Purposes

Section 77G. Whoever cooks, buys, sells, offers or exposes for sale, gives away, or knowingly delivers, transports, ships, or receives for food purposes any lobster, or similar species of crustacea, or any part thereof, which is uncooked and dead, or which was cooked after it was dead, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 60 days, or both; provided, however, that it shall not be a violation of this section to cook, buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, give away or knowingly deliver, transport, ship or receive any lobster or part thereof processed for food by a person who has been licensed or certified under this section, as hereinafter provided.  The department of public health may license any person to process within the commonwealth lobsters in the shell of legal length for food by a method approved by it. The department shall from time to time adopt rules and regulations governing the processing of such lobsters and the sanitary conditions required for the establishment of a person licensed under this section.  Each container of lobsters processed by a method as herein provided shall bear a plainly marked label, which shall include the license number or name of the packer, and the date of the processing of said lobsters.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 77h (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 77h - Purchase, Sale, Transportation, Etc. of Lobster or Crab Meat Taken From Shell

Section 77H. No person shall buy, sell, expose for sale, give away, deliver, transport, ship, carry or have in his possession any lobster meat or crab meat after the same has been taken from the shell, except as hereinafter provided. Any lobster meat unlawfully sold, given away, shipped, bought, transported or possessed shall be liable to seizure and may be confiscated. The foregoing shall not apply to such lobster meat or crab meat in the possession of a common carrier for transportation and which is marked as provided in section forty-seven of chapter one hundred and thirty or of which it has no notice; nor to canned lobster meat or crab meat when certified, to the satisfaction of the commissioner of public health, by the board of health or a body having similar powers of the municipality or other governmental unit, where canned, to have been in suitable condition for human consumption when canned, and to have been canned under healthful conditions, and so as to insure the continuance, until use, of such condition; nor to such meat sold for food by a licensed victualler if such meat has been obtained from a dealer holding a permit as hereinafter provided; nor to such meat removed from the shell on the premises where it is to be eaten; nor to such meat removed from the shell by a wholesale or retail dealer in lobster, or edible crabs, at his regular place of business therefor if said dealer has a written permit from the director of marine fisheries in the department of natural resources for the sale and delivery of such lobster or crab meat and if such meat is so removed or sold under such conditions and regulations as the commissioner of public health shall prescribe, and if such premises are at all reasonable times open to the inspection of the commissioner, his agents or inspectors. No permit shall be required for the resale of such meat so long as it remains in the original unbroken package; provided that such package is clearly labeled with the words ''lobster meat removed under permit No. ___'', followed by the number of the permit under which said lobster meat was removed. Such a permit may be granted upon written application to the said director and the payment of a fee of ten dollars, shall expire on December thirty-first next succeeding the date of issue, and shall be revoked by the said director upon the request of the commissioner of public health for the violation by the holder thereof of any rule or regulation.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 77i (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 77i - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 77a to 77h

Section 77I. As used in sections seventy-seven A to seventy-seven H, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings unless a contrary intention appears:—  ''Canned lobster meat or crab meat'', lobster meat or crab meat preserved by heat processing, freezing, or refrigeration, and packed in a container impervious to contamination and so sealed that once opened it cannot be re-sealed and re-used for its original purpose.  ''Clam'', a marine mollusk of the species Mya arenaria commonly called the soft-shelled clam.  ''Fish'', any animal life inhabiting the ocean or its connecting waters including any crustacean or marine fish, whether free swimming or free moving, and any shellfish or sea worms, whether or not imbedded in the soil. All provisions of said sections relative to fish shall, so far as apt, apply also to lobster meat and crab meat after the same has been taken from the shell.  ''Lobster'', the common American lobster, of the species Homarus americanus.  ''Quahaug'', a marine mollusk of the species Venus Mercenaria commonly called the hard-shell clam.  ''Scallop'', a marine mollusk of the species Pecten irradians, commonly known as the bay scallop or shallow water scallop.  ''Shellfish'', clams, conchs, mussels, oysters, periwinkles, quahaugs, razor clams or razor fish, scallops, sea clams, sea quahaugs, sea scallops and winkles.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 84 (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 84 - Quintal Weight of Fish

Section 84. If fish are sold by the quintal, it shall mean a quintal of one hundred pounds avoirdupois, and all contracts relative to fish thus sold shall be so construed.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 85 (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 85 - Clam Bait; Contents of Barrel

Section 85. If clam bait is sold by the barrel, ''barrel'' shall mean a fish barrel of not less than twenty-eight nor more than twenty-nine gallons, and containing twenty-six gallons of clams and not more than three gallons of pickle. If the purchaser and seller disagree as to the quantity in a barrel, either party may have it measured by the deputy director of standards or a sealer of weights and measures. If such barrel does not contain the said number of gallons of clams, the seller shall receive payment for the number of gallons of clams it does contain, but shall pay the expense of measuring and coopering; otherwise the purchaser shall pay such expense.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 86 (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 86 - Weighing, Sorting and Culling Fish; Certificate of Weight; Rules and Regulations

Section 86. All fish when landed from a vessel or boat shall be weighed by a public weigher of fish or his deputy, when so requested or demanded by the buyer or seller of such fish or by the master, agent or a majority of the crew of such vessel or boat; and said weigher shall issue a certificate of weight to the seller and a duplicate to the buyer. The director of consumer affairs and business regulation may adopt, amend or repeal, and shall enforce, all such reasonable rules and regulations, and orders thereunder, as may be necessary or suitable in relation to the weighing, sorting and culling of fish when landed from a vessel or boat. Whoever violates said rules or regulations or orders thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 87 (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 87 - Record of Weight, etc., of Fish

Section 87. Each deputy shall report to such weigher the weight of fish weighed by him, and the weigher shall keep a complete record of such weight with the date of weighing, the name of the vessel from which the fish were taken and the person for whom they were weighed.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 88 (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 88 - Fees for Weighing of Fish

Section 88. The fees for weighing fish shall be twenty cents per one thousand pounds, but in no case less than one dollar, and shall be paid by the person applying to have the fish weighed. Each deputy shall pay to the weigher two cents per one thousand pounds for all fish weighed by him.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 88b (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 88b - Sale of Shucked Scallops or Quahaugs in Shell by Weight

Section 88B. No shucked scallops or quahaugs in the shell shall be sold except by weight. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 88c (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 88c - Rules and Regulations

Section 88C. The commissioner of public health shall adopt rules and regulations relative to the sanitary conditions required for establishments, and persons operating such establishments, for which certificates or permits are required by chapter one hundred and thirty or by this chapter for the commercial processing or distribution of food fish, including lobsters, crabs, the meat from either, finny fish of the class known as Pisces, and shellfish, and for the sanitary requirements of boats and other vehicles or structures used in the catching, storage or transportation of such food fish; provided that all such rules and regulations shall meet the requirements of the United States as to interstate commerce in fish or shellfish and of other states in relation to the importation, inspection and consumption thereof within their respective limits.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 88d (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 88d - Inspection of Fish Offered for Sale

Section 88D. The commissioner, his agents or inspectors may inspect all fish offered or exposed for sale or kept with intent to sell, and for such purpose may enter any place where fish is stored, kept, offered or exposed for sale, may examine the conditions of such place and the equipment thereof and may require that such place and equipment be kept in a sanitary condition. If on inspection it is found that such fish is tainted, diseased, corrupted, decayed, unwholesome or unfit for food from any cause, the inspector shall seize and cause the same to be destroyed forthwith or disposed of otherwise than for food. All money received for fish disposed of as aforesaid, after deducting the expense of said seizure and disposal, shall be paid to the owner of such fish. Whoever, by himself or by his agent or employee, sells, or offers or exposes for sale, or keeps with intent to sell or offer or expose for sale, for food purpose fish which is tainted, diseased, corrupted, decayed, unwholesome or unfit for food from any cause, or whoever violates any provisions of sections seventy-seven A to eighty-eight D, inclusive, or any rule or regulation made thereunder, or hinders, obstructs, or interferes with any inspection authorized hereunder, or secretes or removes fish for the purpose of preventing such inspection shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 89 (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 89 - License to Break and Can Eggs

Section 89. Application for the carrying on of an establishment for the breaking and canning of eggs shall be made by the proprietor thereof to, and may be granted by, the aldermen or selectmen, or, in a town having a population of more than five thousand, the board of health. The application shall be written, signed and sworn to by one or more of the owners or persons carrying on the business, or if a corporation by some authorized officer thereof, and shall state the name and address of all such owners or persons, the location of the establishment and the nature of the products thereof which are to be sold or used for food. The board of health of a town may make and enforce such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the conduct of such establishments, and any license therefor may be revoked for any violation of such rules and regulations, after notice to the licensee and a hearing before said board. This section shall also apply to licenses for establishments mentioned in section one hundred and forty-four.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 90 (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 90 - Breaking or Canning Eggs Without License

Section 90. Whoever carries on an establishment for the breaking or canning of eggs without a license as provided in the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.