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the facts. Minimum sizes may be designated by figures instead of words. 

 The word "minimum" may be designated by using the abbreviation 

 "min." 



Section 5. Every closed package of apples packed or repacked in the 

 commonwealth and intended for sale, either within or without the com- 

 monwealth, shall have marked in a conspicuous place on the outside of 

 the package in plain letters a statement of the quantity of the contents, 

 the name and address of the packer or of the person by whose authority the 

 apples were packed, the true name of the variety and the grade and the 

 minimum size of the apples contained therein, in accordance with the pro- 

 visions of sections two, three and four of this act, and the name of the state 

 in which they were grown. If the true name of the variety is not known 

 to the packer or other person by whose authority the apples are packed, 

 the statement shall include the words "variety unknown", and if the name 

 ot the state in which the apples were grown is not known, this fact shall 

 also be set forth in the statement. If apples are repacked, the package 

 shall be marked "repacked", and shall bear the name and address of the 

 repacker, or the name and address of the person by whose authority it is 

 repacked, in place of that of the original packer. 



Section 6. The branding or marking of barrels under the provisions 

 of this act shall be in block letters and figures of a size not less than thirty- 

 six point Gothic. The secretary of the state board of agriculture shall 

 prescribe rules and regulations as to the lettering to be used in branding or 

 marking other closed packages. 



Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to pack, sell, distribute 

 or offer or expose for sale or distribution, apples which are adulterated or 

 misbranded within the meaning oi this act. 



Section 8. For the purposes of this act, apples packed in a closed 

 package shall be deemed to be adulterated it their measure, quality or 

 grade does not conform in every particular to the brand or mark upon or 

 affixed to the package. 



Section 9. For the purposes of this act, apples packed in a closed 

 package shall be deemed to be misbranded : — 



First. If the package is packed or repacked in the commonwealth and 

 fails to bear all statements required by sections two, three, four and five 

 and in accordance with the provisions of section six of this act. 



Second. If the 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 mislead- 

 ing, or if the package bears any statement, design or device indicating 

 that the apples contained therein are of a specified Massachusetts stand- 

 ard gi'ade, and said apples, when packed or repacked, do not conform to 

 the requirements prescribed by this act for such grade. 



Section 10. Apples which have been in cold storage shall not be sold 

 or distributed, or offered or exposed for sale or distribution, in closed pack- 

 ages until they have been inspected in accordance with rules and regula- 



