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any foreign substance, or from which any cream or milk com- 

 monly known as strippings has been taken ; or whoever shall 

 knowingly bring or supply milk to any butter or cheese manufac- 

 tory that is tainted or partly sour, shall, for each offense, forfeit 

 and pay a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than 

 one hundred dollars Avith cost of suit, to be sued for in a court of 

 competent jurisdiction, for the benefit of the person or persons, 

 firm or association, or coi'poration, or their assigns, upon whom 

 such fraud shall be committed. 



Sec. 2. The usual test for quality and the certificate of analy- 

 sis of the director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 

 Station shall be deemed prima facie proof of adulteration. 



Sec. 3. No person shall sell, or expose for sale any milk from 

 which the cream or any part thereof has been removed, without 

 distinctly and durably affixing a label, tag, or mark of metal in a 

 conspicuous place upon the outside, and not more than six inches 

 from the top of every can, vessel, or package containing such 

 milk, and such metal label, tag, or mark shall have the words 

 *' Skimmed Milk" stamped, printed, or indented thereon in letters 

 not less than one inch in height, and such milk shall only be sold 

 or retailed out of a can, vessel or package so marked. 



Sec. 4. No person shall sell or offer for sale, or shall have in 

 possession with intent to sell or offer fpr sale, any impure or 

 adulterated milk. 



Sec. 5. Every person who shall violate the provisions of sec- 

 tions three and four of this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than 

 seven dollai'S, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days or 

 both. 



Sec. 6. A printed notice of this law shall be conspicuously 

 posted in all public places, creameries, or factories where milk is 

 received or sold. 



Approved, April 25, 1882. 



