Pennsylvania Act 1903-254 — FOOD, ADULTERATION PROHIBITED

Act text

FOOD, ADULTERATION PROHIBITED
                 Act of Apr. 27, 1903, P.L. 324, No. 254              Cl. 31
                                  AN ACT

     To prohibit the adulteration of food, and providing for the
        enforcement thereof.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That any person, firm or
     corporate body who shall, by himself, herself or themselves, or
     by his, her or their agent or servants, manufacture, sell, ship,
     consign, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in possession
     with intent to sell, any article of food which contains
     formaline, formaldehyde, sodium fluoride, or any of their
     compounds, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon
     conviction thereof in the court of quarter sessions of the peace
     of the proper county, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
     less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, or to undergo
     an imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or both, at the
     discretion of the court.
        Section 2.  (2 repealed Apr. 20, 1905, P.L.234, No.171)
        Section 3.  Any person, firm or corporate body who shall, by
     himself, herself or themselves, or by his, her or their agents
     or servants, manufacture, sell, ship, consign, offer for sale,
     expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, any
     article of vegetable food containing any coloring matter
     yielding on analysis more than one-fiftieth of one per centum of
     metallic copper, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and
     upon conviction thereof in the court of quarter sessions of the
     proper county, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
     fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be
     imprisoned in the jail of the county for not exceeding sixty
     days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
        Section 4.  It shall be the duty of the Dairy and Food
     Commissioner to enforce the provisions of this act, for which
     purpose he shall have the same power which is given him to
     enforce the provisions of the act authorizing his appointment.
        Section 5.  All penalties or fines which may be recovered in
     any proceeding to enforce the provisions of this act shall be
     paid to the Dairy and Food Commissioner or his agent, and by him
     paid into the State Treasury; and the money so paid shall
     constitute a special fund, for the use of the Department of
     Agriculture in enforcing this act, and may be drawn out upon
     warrants signed by the Secretary of Agriculture and approved by
     the Auditor General.