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10. Nothing contained in chapter two hundred and sixty-thrse of the acts of the 

 year eighteen hundred and eighty-two shall be in any way construed as repealing or 

 amending anything contained in chapter fifty-seven of the public statutes. 



11. Before commencing the analysis of any sample, the person making the same 

 shall reserve a portion which shall be sealed ; and in case of a complaint against any 

 person the reserved portion of the sample alleged to be adulterated shall upon appli- 

 cation be delivered to the defendant or his attorney. 



12. Whoever knowingly sells any kind of diseased, corrupted, or unwholesome pro 

 visions, whether for meat or drink, without making the same fully known to the 

 buyer, shall be punished by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding six months, or by 

 fine not exceeding two hundred dollars. 



13. Whoever fraudulently adulterates, for the purpose of sale, bread or any other 

 substance intended for food, with any substance injurious to health, or knowingly 

 barters, gives away, sells, or has in possession with intent to sell, any substance in- 

 tended for food, which has been adulterated with any substance injurious to health, 

 shall be punished by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not 

 exceeding three hundred dollars ; and the articles so adulterated shall be forfeited 

 and destroyed under the direction of the court. 



14. Whoever adulterates, for the purpose of sale, any liquors used or intended for 

 drink, with Indian cockle, vitriol, grains of paradise, opium, alum, capsicum, cop- 

 peras, laurel-water, logwood, Brazil wood, cochineal, sugar of lead, or any other sub- 

 stance which is poisonous or injurious to health, and whoever knowingly sells any 

 such liquor so adulterated, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison 

 not exceeding three years ; and the articles so adulterated shall be forfeited. 



15. Whoever fraudulently adulterates, for the purpose of sale, any drug or medi- 

 cine, or sells any fraudulently adulterated drug or medicine, knowing the same to be 

 adulterated, shall be punished by imprisonment in the jail not exceeding one year or 

 by fine not exceeding four hundred dollars; and such adulterated drugs and medi- 

 cines shall be forfeited and destroyed under the direction of the court. 



16. Whoever sells arsenic, strychnine, corrosive sublimate, or prussic acid, without 

 the written prescription of a physician, shall keep a record of the date of such sale, 

 the name of the article, the amount thereof sold, and the name of the person or per- 

 sons to whom delivered; and for each neglect shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty 

 dollars. Whoever purchases deadly poisons as aforesaid, and gives a false or fictitious 

 name to the vendor, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars. 



CHAP. 171. AN ACT concerning the adulteration of food and drugs. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows : 



Section two of chapter two hundred and sixty-three of the acts of the year eight- 

 een hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended so as to read as follows : The term 

 "drug " as used in this act shall include all medicines for internal or external use, an- 

 tiseptics, disinfectants, and cosmetics. The term " food "as used herein shall in- 

 clude confectionery, condiments, and all articles used for food or drink by man. 

 Approved April 29, 1886. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, LUNACY, AND CHARITY 

 OF MASSACHUSETTS RELATIVE TO THE INSPECTION AND ANALYSIS OF FOOD AND 

 DRUGS. 



1. The state board of health, lunacy, and charity shall appoint analysts and in- 

 spectors, as provided in section 5 of chapter 263, acts of 1882. 



2. It shall be the duty of the inspectors to procure samples of drugs and articles of 

 food at such times and places as the health officer shall direct, in the manner provided 

 in section 6 of chapter 263 of the acts of 1882, and in section 3 of chapter 289 of the 

 acts of 1884, and in all acts amendatory of said provisions. 



