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MA Gen L ch 94 § 90a (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 90a - Sale of Eggs Regulated; Eggs With Treated Shells

Section 90A. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, no person shall sell, or offer, expose or advertise for sale, eggs as ''fresh eggs'', ''strictly fresh eggs'', ''nearby eggs'' or ''new-laid eggs'' or eggs described with words of similar import, unless they meet the following specifications when examined by a method known as ''candling'', viz.:— (1) the shell shall be clean and sound, (2) the air cell shall be not more than one quarter inch in depth and shall be localized and regular in outline, (3) the white shall be firm and clear, (4) the yolk shall not be plainly visible but may be dimly or slightly visible, and (5) there shall be no visible germ development.  Not more than ten per cent of the number of eggs sold at wholesale or offered, exposed or advertised for sale as aforesaid under any such description, and not more than two eggs in each dozen sold at retail or offered, exposed or advertised for sale as aforesaid under any such description, may vary from the foregoing specifications but only in the following particulars:— (1) the air cell may be not more than three eighths of an inch in depth and may be slightly tremulous, (2) the yolk may be plainly visible and mobile, (3) the white may be reasonably firm, and (4) germ development may be slightly visible; and, in addition, there shall be permitted, in respect to the selling, or offering, exposing or advertising for sale, of eggs at wholesale as aforesaid, a reasonable tolerance established by rules and regulations of the department, authority to establish the same being hereby granted.  No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, eggs which have been preserved or protected by treating the shells thereof unless the basket, box or other container in which the eggs are placed shall be plainly marked with letters not less than one half inch in height as ''shell-treated'' or ''shell-protected''. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for the first offence, and not more than one hundred dollars for each subsequent offence. The department of agriculture shall enforce the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 90c (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 90c - Grading of Eggs; Establishment

Section 90C. The commissioner of food and agriculture shall establish official grades of eggs sold, offered for sale, exposed or advertised for sale, at retail, within the commonwealth, and may from time to time modify such grades. Before establishing or modifying any such grades the commissioner shall after reasonable notice setting forth the date, place and purpose, hold a public hearing.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 90d (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 90d - Grades of Eggs; Criterion; Marking; Enforcement of Section; Rules and Regulations

Section 90D. The grades so established shall include grades closely correlated to the United States consumer standards for shell eggs. The standards of quality for the Massachusetts consumers grades of shell eggs shall be grade ''AA'', ''A'', ''B'' or ''not graded.'' The final determination of grades shall be made by ''candling''. All eggs for sale at retail within the commonwealth shall be in containers so marked or branded, with letters not less than three-eighths of an inch in height. Advertising of eggs offered for sale at retail at a stated price shall include the grades. Eggs described as ''farm fresh eggs'', ''fresh eggs'', ''strictly fresh eggs'', ''nearby eggs'', or ''native eggs'' or eggs described with words of similar import shall meet the specifications of section ninety A. The commissioner of food and agriculture and his duly authorized assistants shall determine the responsibility for marking and branding. Any edible egg not conforming to such grades shall be sold as checks, cracks, or stains.  The department of food and agriculture shall enforce the provisions of this section. The commissioner may establish such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of section ninety C and this section.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 90e (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 90e - Misbranding of Eggs; Obstruction of Commissioner's Duties Under Sec. 90d; Penalties

Section 90E. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, misbrands eggs and sells, distributes, or offers or exposes for sale such misbranded eggs shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than fifty dollars and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars. Whoever obstructs or hinders the commissioner of food and agriculture or any of his duly authorized assistants in the performance of his duties under section ninety D shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 91 (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 91 - Sale of Eggs Taken From Cold Storage; Markings; Penalty

Section 91. Whenever eggs which have been in cold storage are sold at wholesale or retail, or offered or exposed for sale, the basket, box or other container in which the eggs are placed shall be marked plainly and conspicuously with the words ''cold storage eggs'', or there shall be attached to such container a placard or sign having on it the said words. If eggs which have been in cold storage are sold at retail or offered or exposed for sale without a container, or placed upon a counter or elsewhere, a sign or placard, having the words ''cold storage eggs'' plainly and conspicuously marked upon it, shall be displayed among, upon or immediately above the said eggs. The display of the words ''cold storage eggs'' shall be in letters not less than one inch in height, except that the container in which eggs sold at retail are delivered to the customer may be marked in letters less than one inch in height if uncondensed gothic type is used, but such letters shall in no case be less than one half inch in height. All markings required by this section shall be done in a manner approved by the commissioner of public health. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 92 (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 92 - Denaturing and Marking of Broken Eggs in Cold Storage

Section 92. Broken eggs packed in cans, if not intended for food, shall be denatured when deposited in cold storage, and shall be marked by the owner, in accordance with forms prescribed by the department of public health, so as plainly to indicate that they are not to be sold for food.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 92a (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 92a - Sale of Decayed or Decomposed Eggs; Regulations; Penalty

Section 92A. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale for food purposes, or have in possession with intent to sell for such purposes, eggs which, either before or after removal from the shell, are wholly or partly decayed or decomposed, eggs in the fluid state, any part of which is wholly or partly decayed or decomposed, eggs, in the fluid state or otherwise, which are mixed with parts of eggs derived from eggs which are wholly or partly decayed or decomposed, or frozen masses of broken eggs, if the mass contains eggs wholly or partly decayed or decomposed, or which are mixed with parts of eggs taken from eggs which were wholly or partly decayed or decomposed; nor shall any person use in the preparation of food products eggs which are wholly or partly decayed or decomposed, or deliver or sell such eggs in or at any establishment where food products are prepared or manufactured, or purchase or accept the same in or at any such establishment for use in the preparation of food products; but nothing in this section shall prohibit the purchase, sale or possession for other than food purposes of such eggs. The department of public health shall enforce this section. Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than three months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 92b (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 92b - Meats, Poultry and Fish; Sales at Retail; Weight; Penalty

Section 92B. All meats, poultry and edible fish, except soft shell clams and oysters, shall be sold at retail only by weight and, except when sold in package form bearing a plain and conspicuous statement of quantity of contents as provided in section one hundred and eighty-one, such weight shall be determined at the time of sale. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 96 (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 96 - Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts; Sale by Dry Measure or Numerical Count; ''original Standard Container'' Defined; Penalty

Section 96. Except as otherwise provided in sections ninety-eight and ninety-nine and in chapter ninety-nine, or except when sold in the original standard container, all fruits, nuts, vegetables and grain shall be sold at retail by avoirdupois weight or numerical count. The words ''original standard container,'' as used in this section shall mean and include only barrels, boxes, baskets, hampers or similar containers, the dimensions or capacity of which is established by law of this commonwealth or by act of congress, the contents of which have not been removed or repacked by the retailer, and upon which is plainly and conspicuously marked the net quantity of the contents thereof in terms of weight, measure or numerical count. This section shall not apply to the sale of apples repacked under the provisions of section one hundred and four nor to the sale, by the bunch, of fresh beets, onions, turnips, rhubarb and other similar vegetables usually and customarily sold by the bunch. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 98 (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 98 - Capacity of Baskets, etc., Used in Sale of Berries; Test of Capacity

Section 98. Baskets or other receptacles holding one quart or less which are used or intended to be used in the sale of strawberries, blackberries, cherries, currants, blueberries, raspberries or gooseberries shall be of the capacity of one quart, one pint or one half pint, Massachusetts standard dry measure. Said baskets or other receptacles shall not be required to be tested and sealed as provided by chapter ninety-eight, but the sealer or deputy sealer of weights and measures of any town or the director of standards may, if he so desires, and shall, upon complaint, test the capacity of any basket or other receptacle in which any of the aforesaid fruit is sold or intended to be sold; and if the same is found to contain less than the standard measure he shall seize the same and make complaint against the vendor.  Whoever sells or offers for sale a basket or other receptacle holding one quart or less to be used in the sale of any of the aforesaid fruit which does not conform to said standard, and whoever sells or offers for sale any of the aforesaid fruit in any basket or other receptacle holding one quart or less which does not conform to said standard, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 99 (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 99 - Strike or Level Measure of Berries; Exception

Section 99. Berries, except cranberries, when sold shall, subject to the preceding section, be measured by the strike or level measure.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 99a (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 99a - Standard Box for Farm Produce; Standard Half Box; Lug; Specifications; Markings

Section 99A. The Massachusetts standard box for farm produce sold at wholesale, except as otherwise provided, shall contain two thousand one hundred fifty and forty-two one-hundredths cubic inches and shall be of the following dimensions by inside measurements: seventeen and one half inches in length by seventeen and one-half inches in width and seven and one sixteenth inches in depth. The Massachusetts standard half box for farm produce sold at wholesale shall contain one thousand seventy-five and twenty-one one hundredths cubic inches and shall be of the following dimensions by inside measurements: twelve and three eighths inches in length by twelve and three eighths inches in width and seven and one sixteenth inches in depth. When the above specified boxes are made of wood the ends shall be not less than five eighths inches in thickness and the sides and bottom not less than three eighths inches in thickness. All such boxes and half boxes of the dimensions specified herein shall be marked on at least one outer side in bold, uncondensed capital letters, not less than one inch in height:— Standard Box Farm Produce, — and, — Standard Half Box Farm Produce, — respectively. The Massachusetts lug for tomatoes sold at wholesale or retail shall contain one thousand seventy-eight and forty-three one hundredths cubic inches and shall be of the following dimensions by inside measurements: seventeen and one half inches in length by eight and one half inches in width by seven and one quarter inches in depth. Whoever marks or otherwise represents any box or half box to be a standard box or half box for the sale of farm produce at wholesale shall, unless such box or half box complies with every specification and requirement of this section, be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. The deputy director of standards in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation, his inspectors and the sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures in cities and towns shall enforce the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 99b (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 99b - Sale of Fruit, Vegetables or Turkeys; Designation as ''native''; Penalty

Section 99B. No person shall sell or offer to sell or pack for sale or distribution in the commonwealth fruit, vegetables or turkeys in containers bearing the label or designation ''native'' nor cause fruit, vegetables or turkeys to be advertised as ''native'' unless the name of state in which such fruit, vegetables or turkeys were grown appears immediately after the word ''native''. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 101 (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 101 - Official Grades of Apples; Establishment; Modification; Notice; Hearing

Section 101. The commissioner of food and agriculture shall establish and promulgate official grades of apples packed or repacked within the commonwealth, and may from time to time amend or modify such grades. Before establishing, amending or modifying any such grades, the commissioner shall consult with growers and shippers of apples relative to proposed grades, or, upon written petition of twenty-five or more growers producing annually an aggregate of not less than one hundred thousand bushels of apples, the commissioner shall, after reasonable notice, specifying the date, place and purpose of the proposed hearing, hold a public hearing for the purpose of obtaining information with a view to establishing, or amending or modifying, as the case may be, such official grades. The grades so established and promulgated shall include grades identical in name and requirements with all grades or standards of apples as promulgated, from time to time, by the secretary of agriculture of the United States and commonly known as the United States grades.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 102 (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 102 - Marking or Branding of Apples

Section 102. The person possessing the apples at any time shall be deemed responsible for the proper marking of the apples. Each package of apples packed or repacked within the commonwealth and intended for sale within or without the commonwealth, shall be marked or branded at the time of packing, repacking or closing with a statement of the name and legal address of the person by whose authority the apples were packed, the true name of the variety, the official grade designation, and the minimum size or numerical count of the apples contained therein. Each package, lot or open bulk display of apples sold, offered, exposed or advertised for sale at retail shall be plainly marked and identified as to variety, official grade and size. The provisions of this section shall not apply to apples that are in transit from the grower to storage, packer, repacker, or processor, provided that invoices from the grower showing the destination, quantity and ownership of such apples accompany each lot. If the true name of the variety is not known the marks shall include the words ''variety unknown''.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 103 (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 103 - Advertising of Apples

Section 103. Open bulk display signs, printed sales statements and all advertisements by radio, television, newspaper or other media shall state the variety, official grade designation and size of apples whenever the price is shown, stated or written in connection with the sale of apples.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 104 (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 104 - Misleading Packing of Apples

Section 104. No person shall sell or offer for sale, or transport for sale, in either open or closed packages, apples packed in such a manner that the faced or shown surface shall not be an average of the contents of the package.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 105 (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 105 - Misbranding of Apples

Section 105. For the purpose of section one hundred and one to one hundred and nine, inclusive, apples packed in closed or open packages or apples in open bulk displays shall be deemed to be misbranded:—  First. If any package, or any open bulk display fails to bear all statements required under section one hundred and two.  Second. If any package whether packed or repacked within or without the commonwealth, is falsely branded or bears any statement, design or device regarding the apples contained therein which is false or misleading, or if any package bears any statement, design or device indicating that the apples contained therein are of a specified grade established and promulgated under section one hundred and one, and said apples, when packed or repacked, do not conform to the requirements prescribed for such grade, or if any package bears any statement, design or device other than an official grade designation describing the grade or quality of the apples therein.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 106 (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 106 - Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of Secs. 101 to 109; Access to Packing Places and Storehouses; Samples

Section 106. The commissioner of food and agriculture shall make and may modify rules and regulations for enforcing sections one hundred and one to one hundred and nine, inclusive, and shall, either in person or by his assistant, have free access at all reasonable hours to any place, building or vehicle wherein apples are packed, stored, transported, sold, offered or exposed for sale or for transportation at any time. He may also, in person or by his assistant, open each box, package or other container, and upon tendering the market price, may take as a sample such container, with or without its contents, or any apples therefrom.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 107 (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 107 - Enforcement of Secs. 99b, 101 to 105, 109; Prosecutions; Notice

Section 107. The commissioner of food and agriculture and his duly authorized assistants shall have authority to enforce section ninety-nine B, sections one hundred and one to one hundred and five, inclusive, and one hundred and nine, and to prosecute all violations thereof. Before any prosecution is begun by the commissioner of agriculture or any of his duly authorized assistants the parties concerned shall be given an opportunity to be heard before the said commissioner or a person designated by him for such purpose. The parties concerned shall be given reasonable notice of hearing, specifying the day, hour and place thereof and accompanied by a description of the alleged violation. Such hearings shall be governed by rules and regulations prescribed by said commissioner.