64 FOOD LEGISLATION, YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1908. 



SEC. 22. Unsanitary implements unlawful. It is hereby made unlawful to use 

 or employ, in and about the keeping or handling of any milk, cream or dairy 

 products to be used as food, any pail, can, vessel, churn, separator or other 

 implement which is in an unclean or unsanitary condition, or to operate any 

 creamery or factory in the manufacture of any dairy products which is in an 

 unclean condition. 



SEC. 23. Diseased cows. It shall be unlawful knowingly to sell or offer for 

 sale any milk or cream from diseased or unhealthy cows, or from cows kept in 

 a filthy or unsanitary condition, and the pure food, dairy and drug commission 

 is hereby empowered to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations gov- 

 erning the use of diseased milch cov s, and products derived from such cows, 

 and to employ such scientific assistance in the enforcement of said rules and 

 regulations. 



SBC. 24. Duties of chief dairy inspector. The said chief dairy inspector shall 

 act on all reports and complaints he may receive from the secretary of the com- 

 mission and from owners or managers of creameries, cheese factories, farmers 

 and others who are interested in dairy products, wherein are reported to him 

 any violations of this Act, or conditions which result in making or rendering 

 dairy products used or to be used for dairy, food or commercial purposes, 

 unclean or unwholesome, and take such action thereon as may be directed by 

 said commission or the secretary thereof and as may be permitted by this Act, 

 or he may deem necessary and proper for improving and advancing the best 

 interests of the dairy industry in this State and public health. He shall also, 

 each month make to the commission a concise report of his transactions as said 

 chief dairy inspector, and make such recommendations in the premises as he 

 shall deem proper and for the better perfection and encouragement of said 

 industry. It shall be the duty of said chief dairy inspector, and such other 

 dairy inspectors as may be appointed by the commission from time to time, to 

 inspect farm dairies, milk and cream receiving stations, creameries, factories 

 and places where dairy products are produced, handled, tested, manufactured, 

 sold or offered for sale and the products thereof, and all utensils, machinery, 

 appliances, implements and methods used or employed in connection therewith. 



SEC. 25. Authority of inspector; sampling. The said dairy inspector shall 

 have full access, ingress and egress to and from all places where dairy products 

 intended for sale are produced, manufactured, stored, transported, kept or 

 offered for sale. They shall also have the power and authority to open any 

 package, can or vessel containing such products, and may inspect the same and 

 take true samples therefrom for analysis upon paying therefor the full value 

 thereof to the party entitled thereto. Each sample so taken shall be divided into 

 three parts, each equal to the other in amount and quality, two of said parts 

 to be delivered to the chemist of said commission at the Agricultural and 

 Mechanical College at Stillwater, the other sample so taken to be preserved 

 in the office of the commission, and upon application delivered to the person 

 or persons from whom taken when applied for by him, his agent or attorney, 

 provided that said samples shall each be carefully sealed and labeled when and 

 where taken. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to obstruct, hinder 

 or delay any of said inspectors in the discharge of their official duties. 



SEC. 26. Prosecution. If it shall appear from the report of the chemist, report 

 of said dairy inspectors, or any of them, that any of the provisions o* this Act 

 have been violated, the secretary shall certify the facts to the proper county 

 attorney with a copy of the result of the analysis, if any has been made, duly 

 authenticated to by the chemist under oath. It shall be the duty of every county 

 attorney to whom the secretary shall report any violation of this Act, or any 



