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MA Gen L ch 94 § 265 (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 265 - Quality of Lime and Casks

Section 265. No stone lime manufactured within the commonwealth shall be sold or exposed for sale, or shipped on board a vessel in casks, unless it is well burnt and pure, in good and sufficient new casks containing either one hundred and eighty or two hundred and eighty pounds each, made of well seasoned heads and staves, with ten good and sufficient hoops on each cask, well driven and sufficiently secured with nails or pins.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 266 (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 266 - Sale of Lime in Unauthorized Casks; Penalty

Section 266. Whoever sells, exposes for sale, ships or receives on board a vessel in casks, any lime manufactured in the commonwealth, other than such as is contained in casks made according to the preceding section and marked or branded as provided in section two hundred and sixty-three, shall be punished by a fine of one dollar and fifty cents for each cask sold, exposed for sale, shipped or received on board a vessel; but sections two hundred and sixty-two to two hundred and sixty-eight, inclusive, shall not prevent any person from retailing lime by the bushel or other quantity, when not in casks.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 267 (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 267 - Shifting Contents of Branded Cask of Lime

Section 267. Whoever, after a cask containing lime has been branded as aforesaid, shifts the contents of such cask and puts therein other lime with intent to sell the same, shall be punished by a fine of one dollar and fifty cents for each cask of lime so shifted.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 268 (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 268 - Forfeiture of Cask of Lime

Section 268. A cask of lime which is sold, exposed for sale, or put on board a vessel, contrary to any provision of sections two hundred and sixty-two to two hundred and sixty-eight, inclusive, shall be forfeited, and may be seized and libelled by an inspector of lime.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 271a (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 271a - Resale of Mattress, Box Spring, Studio Couch or Futon Mattress; Notice to Consumer

Section 271A. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, a mattress, box spring, studio couch or futon mattress which has been delivered to and used by a customer and which is later returned to the seller thereof shall be clearly and conspicuously marked thereon and advertised by the seller before any further sale with a tag stating the following: ''This mattress, box spring, studio couch or futon mattress has been previously sold, delivered, used and returned and is being offered for resale.''
MA Gen L ch 94 § 274 (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 274 - Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Labeling and Sterilization; Advisory Board

Section 274. The department is authorized to establish and promulgate all rules and regulations, including those pertaining to labeling and sterilization, necessary to carry out the provisions of sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-six, inclusive. The department is further authorized to establish further definitions for filling material.  There shall be within the department an advisory board consisting of seven members to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, and upon the recommendation of the department. Two of said members shall be designated in their original appointments to serve for one year, two for two years and three for three years. Upon the expiration of the term of a member, his successor shall be appointed in the manner aforesaid for three years. Such persons shall be recommended by the department on the basis of their qualifications, as determined by their business and civic interests and affiliations, to represent both the industry and the consumer.  Members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation, and shall meet quarterly and at other times at the discretion of the chairman. They shall receive their necessary travel and other expenses when engaged in the work of the board.  The director of the division directly responsible for the enforcement of this law shall appoint a chairman of the advisory board and shall designate an employee of the division to be secretary.  The board shall:—  (a) Act entirely in an advisory capacity, except as provided in section two hundred and seventy-one. A majority of the members of the board present and voting shall constitute the basis for an official action or recommendation of said board.  (b) Consider all matters submitted to it by the director.  (c) On its own initiative recommend to the department such rules and regulations and any changes thereon which the advisory board may deem important and necessary.  (d) Co-operate in the preparation of rules and regulations supplemental to the provisions of this law.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 275 (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 275 - Licenses; Applications; Fees

Section 275. The application for each license and annual license renewal shall be accompanied by a fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 277 (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 277 - Penalties for Violation of Secs. 270 to 276

Section 277. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-six, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation made under authority of section two hundred and seventy-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, as provided in the rule or regulation.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 277a (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 277a - Marking or Labelling of Furs; Misrepresentations

Section 277A. All natural, dyed or imitation furs, and all articles made wholly or partly therefrom, sold at retail within the commonwealth, shall be plainly marked or labelled with an accurate statement of the material which they contain, together with the name and address of the seller. If such statement refers to the fur or other material by a trade name, it shall further designate it by the true name or names of the animal or animals from which such fur is taken or of such other material. In the case of fur, such statement shall fully disclose that the fur sold or contained in the article sold is dyed, or that the fur or article is made of pieces of fur other than whole skins, if such is the fact. Such statement shall contain no misrepresentation as to the place from which the fur or other material came, as to the manufacturer of the article, or as to any other matter, and shall be plainly and permanently marked or branded on the inside of the skin, or plainly set forth in a permanent label firmly sewed to the material or article or to the permanent lining of the article. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 277b (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 277b - Imported Goods; Marking; Advertisement; Penalty

Section 277B. No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale any machinery, hardware, ladders, shoes or other footwear, fabrics, suits or other wearing apparel, sporting goods or equipment, radios or parts thereof, or scallops, which have been imported from a foreign country, without notifying each person purchasing or intending to purchase the same that it has been imported, by displaying in a conspicuous place, in letters at least as large as the figures indicating the price of the goods to be sold, a sign marked ''Imported Goods''. If the goods have an individual price marking, then in like manner, they shall also be marked with the words ''Imported Goods'' or the country of origin indicated.  No person shall advertise for sale such goods unless such advertisement also contains the words ''Imported Goods''. The word ''person'' as used in this paragraph shall not be deemed to include a person owning or publishing a newspaper, owning or operating a radio or television station, or other person, furnishing an advertising medium for the sale of such goods.  No person shall sell, or advertise, offer or expose for sale any passenger tickets for ocean cruises unless such tickets, or such advertisement, contain a statement indicating the flag of registry of the vessel.  Whoever violates any provision of this section shall, for the first offense, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and, for each subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 277c (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 277c - Original Paintings

Section 277C. No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, any painting which is not an original painting unless it is plainly labelled ''not an original''.  All labels required thereunder shall be securely attached to any such painting. Such labels shall be fixed in such a position that they may be conveniently examined and shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section.  No person shall advertise for sale such goods unless such advertisement contains the words ''not an original''. The word ''person'' in this paragraph shall not be construed to include a person owning or publishing a newspaper, owning or operating a radio or television station or other person furnishing an advertising medium for the sale of such goods.  Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each such painting.  For the purposes of this section, the phrase ''original painting'' shall mean a painting in any medium which has been independently created and executed and signed by the individual artist.  For purposes of this section, the word ''person'' shall mean a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other similar business association engaged in the manufacture or sale of paintings.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 278 (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 278 - Nails and Brads; Manufacture; Packing

Section 278. Wrought, cut or wire nails and brads of all sizes manufactured in the commonwealth shall be well made, packed free from waste pieces of iron unless they are refuse nails or brads, and free from any fraudulent mixture increasing the weight, in strong and sufficient casks of season timber, well hooped, containing not more than three hundred pounds each.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 279 (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 279 - Marking or Branding of Cask of Nails or Brads

Section 279. Each cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads shall be marked or branded on the head by the manufacturer, in plain, legible letters in the English language, with his name and the net weight of the contents of the cask.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 280 (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 280 - Sale of Unbranded or Unmarked Casks of Nails or Brads

Section 280. If a cask, package or quantity of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, manufactured in the commonwealth or elsewhere and not branded or marked as provided in the preceding section, is offered or exposed for sale within the commonwealth or put on board a vessel or vehicle, unless to be carried out of the commonwealth, it shall be forfeited.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 281 (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 281 - Counterfeiting, Destroying or Altering Brand on Cask of Nails or Brads; Penalty

Section 281. Whoever counterfeits a brand used or intended to be used for the purpose of marking a cask of nails or brads, or destroys or alters a mark or impression made by another's brand on a cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, and causes a different impression by such counterfeit brand to be marked or impressed thereon, or shifts any such nails or brads from one branded cask to another and thereby avails himself of another's brand, shall forfeit twenty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 282 (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 282 - Disposition of Forfeitures

Section 282. All forfeitures recovered under the two preceding sections shall be divided equally between the informer and the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 283 (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 283 - Slot Machines and Other Automatic Devices; Use Regulated

Section 283. No person shall maintain any slot machines or other automatic device, except gas meters, electric meters and telephones, which, upon the deposit therein of any coin or other article of value, furnishes music, or other entertainment, exhibits pictures, provides facilities for weighing, supplies any merchandise or other thing, or renders any service, or is represented to do or perform any of the above mentioned things, unless such machine or device is of a type approved by the director of standards; but no person maintaining such machine or device with respect to which, or to the operation, service or supply of which, there is any element of chance shall be protected or be entitled to immunity from prosecution because of such approval.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 284 (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 284 - Penalties for Violations Related to Slot Machines and Other Automatic Devices

Section 284. Whoever installs or maintains a machine or device mentioned in the preceding section which is of a type not approved as therein provided shall, if such machine or device fails properly to respond to the insertion or deposit therein of a coin or other article of value, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 285 (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 285 - Sewing Thread; Sale; Marking

Section 285. It shall be unlawful to keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell any sewing, basting, mending, darning, crochet, tatting, hand-knitting or embroidery thread, put up or packaged in advance of sale in or on any form of unit, for either wholesale or retail sale, unless such unit be definitely, plainly, and conspicuously marked to show its net measure in terms of yards or its net weight in terms of avoirdupois pounds or ounces.  Any unit of such thread, the net weight of which is less than two ounces avoirdupois, shall be marked to show its net measure in terms of yards as unwound from the ball or from the spool or other holder. Ready-wound bobbins which are not sold separately shall not be required to be individually marked, but the package containing such bobbins shall be marked to show the number of bobbins contained therein and the net weight or measure of the thread on each bobbin. Any retail unit of thread, sold only for household use, consisting of a package containing two or more similar individual units, which are not sold separately, shall be marked to show the number of individual units in the package and the net weight or measure of the thread in each individual unit, but this proviso shall not apply where the individual units are separately marked.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 286 (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 286 - Sewing Thread; Identification of Manufacturer or Distributor

Section 286. The marking as required in section two hundred and eighty-five shall in all cases be in combination with the name and place of business of the manufacturer or distributor of the thread, or a trade mark, symbol, brand or other mark which positively identifies such manufacturer or distributor, and which shall be filed with the director of standards.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 287 (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 287 - Weight or Measure Variances

Section 287. An average of not less than ten units of thread of the same type and put-up, selected at random from such units referred to in section two hundred and eighty-five, kept for the purpose of sale, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, shall not weigh or measure more than three per centum less than the net weight or number of yards marked on such units or on the package containing such units.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 288 (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 288 - Penalty for Violation of Secs. 285 to 287

Section 288. A manufacturer, merchant, jobber, or trader who keeps for the purpose of sale, offers or exposes for sale, or sells any such units of thread which either are not marked or do not weigh or measure as provided in sections two hundred and eighty-five to two hundred and eighty-seven, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 289 (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 289 - Turpentine; Manufacture; Sale; Marking; Adulteration

Section 289. No person shall manufacture, mix for sale, dispose of, offer or expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, or sell under the name of turpentine, or spirits of turpentine, or under any name or phrase of which the word turpentine forms a part, or under any name or device illustrating or suggesting turpentine or spirits of turpentine, any article which is not wholly distilled from rosin, turpentine gum, or scrapings from pine trees, unmixed and unadulterated with any other substance, unless the package containing the same shall be stencilled or marked, with letters not less than two inches in height and one inch in width, ''Adulterated Spirits of Turpentine'', except that these letters upon packages of one gallon capacity, or less, may be reduced to one fourth of the said size. No person shall sell or deliver such adulterated spirits of turpentine without informing the purchaser at the time of sale that the article is not pure spirits of turpentine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the manufacture or sale of such compound or imitation, if the container is plainly marked and the purchaser notified as aforesaid.  Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of one hundred dollars, for the second offence by a fine of two hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 290 (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 290 - Enforcement of Sec. 289

Section 290. The state police and all local police authorities shall enforce the preceding section.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 291 (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 291 - Sale of Paint or Linseed Oil

Section 291. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or dispose of, or have in possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any paint or linseed oil which is labelled or marked in such manner as to deceive, or to tend to deceive, any person as to its nature or composition.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 292 (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 292 - Possession by Dealer of Incorrectly Labeled Turpentine, Paint or Linseed Oil

Section 292. The having in possession, by any person dealing in such articles, of any article or substance designated in section two hundred and eighty-nine or two hundred and ninety-one, and marked or labelled contrary to said sections, shall be prima facie evidence that the same is kept by such person in violation of the provisions thereof.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 293 (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 293 - Inspection of Paint, etc.; Complaint; Appointment of Inspectors; Powers and Duties

Section 293. Upon the written complaint of any person aggrieved by any violation of section two hundred and eighty-nine or two hundred and ninety-one, the state police and their agents may enter any place of business, store or building where the sale of paint, turpentine or linseed oil is carried on, and open and inspect any package, can, jar, tub or other receptacle containing articles which might be sold or exposed for sale in violation of said sections, and may appoint and remove inspectors, analysts and chemists for the purpose of inspecting or analyzing the contents of any such receptacle. Inspectors so appointed shall have the same powers and authority relative to the articles aforesaid as are given by sections thirty-three, thirty-five and sixty to the inspectors named therein.