10 FOOD LEGISLATION, YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1908. 



2. Every carcass, or portion or product thereof, sent out of an establishment, 

 and returned thereto for any purpose, shall not be again sent out therefrom 

 without re-inspection. 



SEC. 9. Unhealthy meat, disposal of. Every carcass, or portion or product 

 thereof, found, upon inspection or re-inspection, to be unhealthy or unfit for 

 food, or which contains such ingredients or preservatives as may render it unfit 

 for food, shall be marked by the inspector in such.^manner as is provided by the 

 regulations, and shall thereupon be deemed to be condemned as unfit for food 

 and shall be disposed of as provided by the regulations. 



SEC. 10. Sale, etc., of unhealthy meat. Any person slaughtering, or per- 

 mitting the slaughtering of, animals and selling, or offering for sale or transpor- 

 tation, for export a carcass, or any portion or product thereof, which is 

 Linhoalthy or unfit for food is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to one 

 year's imprisonment. 



j. Kvery one who is convicted of this offence after a previous conviction for 

 the same crime shall be liable to two years' imprisonment. 



a 11. Exemption from inspection. The Governor in Council may, upon 

 application of the owner thereof, exempt any establishment from the operation 

 of the provisions of sections 3 and 4, and of sections 6 to 10, both inclusive, of 

 this Act. A* amended June 16, 1908. 7-8 Edward VII, eh. 47. 



SEC. 12. Inspection and marking of packages. All articles prepared for food 

 in any establishment and packed in cans or similar receptacles, or in any pack- 

 age whatever, shall be subject to inspection during the whole course of prepara- 

 tion and packing ; and all such packages shall be marked with 



(a) the initials of the Christian names, the full surname, and the address, or, 

 in the case of a firm or corporation, the firm or corporate name and address, of 

 the packer ; or of the first dealer obtaining them direct from the packer who sells 

 or offers the said articles for sale; and such dealer shall, upon the request of an 

 inspector appointed under this Act, disclose the name of the packer of such 

 article. A* amended June 16, 1908. 7-8 Edward VII, ch. 41. 



(ft) a true and correct description of the contents of the package: 



Provided, however, that if it be established to the satisfaction of the Governor 

 in Council that such marking would hinder the sale of any of said articles in 

 the British or foreign markets, he may exempt such articles from the provisions 

 of this section. 



SEC. 13. Fish, fruit and vegetables. All fish, fruit, or vegetables used in any 

 establishment where these articles are prepared for export, shall be sound, 

 wholesome, and fit for food ; and any such articles or products thereof found in 

 the said establishment unsound or unwholesome shall be confiscated and de- 

 stroyed as provided by the regulations. 



SEC. 14. Sanitary conditions. An inspection and close supervision of the sani- 

 tary conditions of any establishments shall be maintained as provided by the 

 regulations. 



2. The inspector shall refuse to inspect or mark articles in any establishment 

 where the sanitary conditions are not in accordance with the regulations. 



SEC. 15. Withdrawal of inspector and closing of establishment for violation 

 of Act, etc. In the event of the provisions of this Act, or any regulations, 

 or the lawful instruction of an inspector not being complied with in any 

 establishment, the Minister may withdraw the inspector therefrom, and may 

 refuse to it the inspection, marking, and certification of the articles prepared 

 therein, and may cause the establishment to be closed. 



SEC. 15A. Sale in violation of Act. No person shall offer or expose or have 

 in his possession for sale any article subject to inspection under this Act unless 

 all the requirements thereof respecting the said article have been complied 

 with. Added June 16, 1908. 8-7 Edward VII, ch. 47. 



