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MA Gen L ch 94 § 305a (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 305a - Improper Manufacture, Preparation, Etc. of Food; Food Defined; Rules and Regulations; Penalties

Section 305A. Unless another penalty is provided under this chapter, whoever for the purpose of sale manufactures, prepares, packs, cans, bottles, keeps, exposes, stores, handles, serves, or distributes in any manner, food in or from an unclean, unsanitary or unhealthful establishment, place or vehicle or under unclean, unsanitary or unhealthful conditions shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. For the purposes of this section, the word ''food'' shall mean and include all articles, whether simple, mixed, or compound, used or intended to be used for food or drink, confectionery or condiment, by human beings, except milk and cream. The commissioner of public health may promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the enforcement of this section. Any person violating any rule or regulation promulgated and adopted hereunder shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 305b (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 305b - Medical Examination of Persons Handling Food; Rules and Regulations; Employment of Persons Afflicted With Disease; Food Defined

Section 305B. The commissioner of public health, on his own initiative or at the request of a local board of health, may require any person working in an establishment engaged wholly or in part in the business of producing, manufacturing, processing, storing or offering or exposing for sale any article of food and whose duties actually involve the handling of food during such production, manufacture, processing, storing or offering or exposing for sale, to submit to thorough examination by the department of public health, hereinafter called the department, or by the local board of health, if said commissioner has reason to believe that the examination of such person is necessary for the protection of the public health, to ascertain whether or not he is afflicted with any contagious, infectious or other disease or physical ailment which might render such employment detrimental to the public health, and whether or not, in the opinion of the department, he is a carrier, so called, of such a disease. Such examination shall be made by a physician duly registered and licensed to practice in the commonwealth, and shall be made without charge to the person examined and at the expense of the department or of the local board requesting it. Such examination may include the taking of samples of body fluids, secretions or excretions for examination. Any person so examined may have his physician present at the examination, and, at the request of the person so examined and at his expense, additional samples may be taken for examination at any laboratory approved by the department, but pending the report from the examination of such additional samples the person so examined shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the department made hereunder. The department, and local boards of health within their respective jurisdictions, shall enforce the provisions of this section, and the department may make rules and regulations consistent with said provisions to carry out the purposes thereof. No owner, manager or person in charge of such an establishment shall knowingly require or permit any person who is found upon examination to be afflicted or to be a carrier as aforesaid, or who refuses to submit to such examination, if required so to submit, to continue to work therein in the performance of duties actually involving the handling of food as aforesaid. Whoever violates any provision of this section or of any rule or regulation made thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. For the purposes of this section, the word ''food'' shall mean and include all articles, whether simple, mixed or compound, used or intended to be used for food or drink, confectionery or condiment, by human beings.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 305d (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 305d - Restaurants; Devices or Procedures to Remove Food Lodged in Persons' Throats; Insurance; Tort Immunity

Section 305D. Each restaurant, having a seating capacity of twenty-five persons or more, shall have on its premises a device approved by the department of public health that is designed and intended for use in removing food which may become lodged in a person's throat or each such restaurant shall have on its premises, when food is being served, an employee trained in manual procedures approved by the department of public health to remove food so lodged in a person's throat. The department of public health shall adopt regulations listing all approved devices and manual procedures which it determines may be used effectively to remove food lodged in a person's throat. Each such restaurant shall make adequate provisions for insurance to cover employees trained in rendering such assistance. Any person, or employee of any person who, in good faith, volunteers to remove or attempts to remove such food in an emergency shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by such person or employee in rendering such emergency assistance.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 305e (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 305e - Transportation of Bakery Products; Permit

Section 305E. No person shall transport or cause to be transported into the commonwealth any bakery product for the purpose of sale without having obtained a permit from the department of public health. Such permit shall apply to one place of business only. Each permit granted under this section shall expire one year from the date of its issue. The fee for each such permit and for each annual renewal thereof shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven.  Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to common carriers, their agents or servants.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 306 (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 306 - General Penalty for Counterfeit or Wrongful Branding or Marking of Articles

Section 306. Unless another penalty is provided in this chapter, whoever counterfeits any brand required by this chapter or whoever without authority marks or brands any article required to be inspected, or marks or brands such article with a counterfeited brand, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars; and whoever alters or defaces any marks or brands made by an inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk under this chapter, unless another penalty is provided, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 307 (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 307 - Tobacco Products Contaminated by Fire, Smoke or Water; Possession or Sale; Penalty

Section 307. No person shall deliver, sell, offer for sale or have in possession with intent to sell any cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, pipes or any other implement used for smoking, which may be inserted into the mouth or nostrils, which have been contaminated by fire, smoke or water resulting from fire or flood, without authority to so do from the division of food and drugs of the department of public health. Whoever violates the provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 307a (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 307a - Single Unpackaged Cigarettes; Sale or Possession; Penalty

Section 307A. No person shall sell, offer for sale or have in possession with intent to sell single unpackaged cigarettes. Whoever violates the provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 307b (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 307b - Manufacture of Tobacco Products; Annual Reports Including Added Constituents and Nicotine Yield Ratings; Disclosure; Exclusions

Section 307B. For the purpose of protecting the public health, any manufacturer of cigarettes, snuff or chewing tobacco sold in the commonwealth shall provide the department of public health with an annual report, in a form and at a time specified by that department, which lists for each brand of such product sold the following information:  (a) The identity of any added constituent other than tobacco, water or reconstituted tobacco sheet made wholly from tobacco, to be listed in descending order according to weight, measure, or numerical count; and  (b) The nicotine yield ratings, which shall accurately predict nicotine intake for average consumers, based on standards to be established by the department of public health.  The nicotine yield ratings so provided, and any other such information in the annual reports with respect to which the department determines that there is a reasonable scientific basis for concluding that the availability of such information could reduce risks to public health, shall be public records; provided, however, that before any public disclosure of such information the department shall request the advice of the attorney general whether such disclosure would constitute an unconstitutional taking of property, and shall not disclose such information unless and until the attorney general advises that such disclosure would not constitute an unconstitutional taking.  This section shall not require a manufacturer, in its report to the department or otherwise, to identify or disclose the specific amount of any ingredient that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services (''FDA''), or its successor agency, as safe when burned and inhaled or that has been designated by the FDA, or its successor agency, as generally recognized as safe when burned and inhaled, according to the Generally Recognized As Safe list of the FDA.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 307c (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 307c - Tobacco Products; Regulations for the Prevention of Sale or Delivery to Persons Under 21 Years of Age

Section 307C. The department of public health may, in consultation with the attorney general and the department of revenue, establish regulations for persons engaged in the sale or shipment of a tobacco product, as defined in section 6 of chapter 270, to prevent the sale or delivery of tobacco products to a person under 21 years of age.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 308 (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 308 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 308 to 312

Section 308. In this section and sections three hundred and nine to three hundred and twelve, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—  ''Vending machine'', any self-service device offered for public use which, upon insertion of a coin, coins, token, paper currency, or by other means, dispenses servings of food or beverage, either in bulk or in package.  ''Machine location'', a room, enclosure, space, area or building where a vending machine is installed or operated.  ''Commissary'', a catering establishment, restaurant, or any other place in which food, beverage and ingredients are processed or prepared and from which vending machines are serviced.  ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of public health.  ''Operator'', any person who by contract, agreement or ownership is responsible for furnishing, installing, servicing, operating or maintaining a vending machine.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 309 (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 309 - License for Operation of Vending Machine; Necessity; Application; Issuance; Display; Fees

Section 309. No person shall engage in the operation of a vending machine without a license issued by the commissioner.  Any person desiring to operate a vending machine shall make application for a license to the commissioner on a form to be provided by him. The application shall state whether the applicant is an individual, firm, partnership or corporation; the name and address of the applicant, and if the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each partner; the address of the applicant's principal place of business, and of each commissary servicing his vending machines; and it shall be signed by the applicant or applicants.  The commissioner after compliance by the operator with the applicable provisions of this chapter and upon receipt of the appropriate fee shall issue a license to operate a vending machine. Such license shall not be transferable. A label, of a size and style approved by the commissioner, bearing the operator's license number, shall be conspicuously displayed at each machine location.  The annual fees for licenses to operate vending machines shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 310 (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 310 - List of Locations Wherein Vending Machines Are Operated; Inspection of Premises

Section 310. Each licensee shall keep a list of all locations within the commonwealth wherein vending machines are operated by him and of all commissaries servicing such vending machines. Such information shall be available to the commissioner upon his request.  The commissioner or any authorized agent or employee shall, after proper identification, be permitted to enter, at any reasonable time, any premises wherein vending machines are operated, or any commissary servicing such machines for the purpose of inspecting the same. The licensee shall at the request of the commissioner make provision for the commissioner or any authorized agent or employee to have access, either in company with an employee of the operator or otherwise, to the interior of any vending machine operated by him.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 311 (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 311 - Suspension or Revocation of License to Operate Vending Machine; Notice and Hearing; Reinstatement of License

Section 311. (a) A license to operate a vending machine may be suspended by the commissioner for violation of any provision of this chapter, or may be revoked for serious or repeated violations of any such provision.  (b) Whenever the commissioner finds that an operator has violated any applicable provision of this chapter or that unsanitary or other conditions exist in the operation of any vending machine or commissary, he shall issue a written notice to the operator citing the existence of such condition, specifying the corrective action to be taken, stating that a hearing on such findings shall be given upon the written request of the operator filed within ten days of the receipt of this notice, and advising the operator that unless such violation and condition is corrected within a specified and reasonable period of time his license may be suspended or revoked. When the necessary corrective action has been taken, the operator shall forthwith notify the commissioner who shall cause a new inspection to be made.  (c) After any hearing held under the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall sustain, modify or rescind any notice or order considered in the hearing.  (d) Any operator whose license has been suspended, may at any time make application for the reinstatement of the license. Within ten days after the receipt of a written application, accompanied by, or including, a statement signed by the operator to the effect that the conditions responsible for such suspension have been corrected and no longer exist, the commissioner shall cause a new inspection to be made. If the inspection satisfies the commissioner that the applicant is again complying with applicable provisions of law, the commissioner shall reinstate the license.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 312 (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 312 - Food, Beverage and Ingredients Processed and Prepared Outside Commonwealth for Sale in Vending Machines Within Commonwealth; Conditions for Sale

Section 312. Food, beverage and ingredients processed and prepared in commissaries outside the commonwealth may be sold in a vending machine within the commonwealth, if such commissaries conform to the provisions of law governing commissaries within the commonwealth, provided that the operator of said vending machine is licensed under the provisions of section three hundred and nine.  To determine the extent of compliance with such provisions, the commissioner may accept reports from the responsible authority in such jurisdictions outside the commonwealth where such commissaries are located.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 313 (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 313 - Penalties for Violation of Secs. 308 to 312

Section 313. Whoever violates any provision of sections three hundred and eight to three hundred and twelve, inclusive, or who continues to operate a vending machine after his license has been suspended or revoked, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 314 (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 314 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 315 to 318

Section 314. As used in sections three hundred and fifteen through three hundred and eighteen, inclusive, the following words and phrases shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:—  ''Appliance'', an air conditioner, refrigerator, freezer or refrigerator-freezer which is not used or secondhand;  ''Class of appliances'', all appliances performing similar functions;  ''Consumer'', a person who purchases an appliance for use by himself or others and not for resale as a new appliance;  ''Deputy director'', the deputy director of standards;  ''Director'', the director of consumer affairs and business regulation;  ''Subclass of appliances'', those appliances within a class of appliances which are determined by the secretary to be comparable in size, capacity or capability.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 315 (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 315 - Display, Offer for Sale, or Sale of Certain Appliances Prohibited

Section 315. No person shall display for sale to consumers or for promotional purposes an appliance required by the director to be labelled under the provisions of section three hundred and sixteen unless said appliance prominently bears a label complying with said provisions, and no person shall sell or offer for sale an appliance whose sale has been suspended under the provisions of section three hundred and seventeen.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 316 (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 316 - Labeling of Appliances; Regulations; Information; Form, Etc.

Section 316. The director may, in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty A, adopt and amend regulations which require that each appliance in a class or subclass of appliances which is displayed for sale or for promotional purposes bear a label. The same regulations shall apply to each appliance in any subclass of appliances. The director may require said label to contain any or all of the following information, in such form as he may prescribe:— (1) the cost in dollars or units of energy or both of operating the appliance during a year or any part of said year as determined under section three hundred and seventeen; (2) any numerical measure of efficiency which accurately reflects the relative efficiencies of all appliances within a class or subclass; and (3) a brief description of testing and computation procedures used to determine the above information.  The director shall prescribe the form of such labels and may establish procedures for their production, distribution and use, except that he may not require that any label be produced, distributed or affixed outside the commonwealth.