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that in the case of baking powders each can or package shall be 

 plainly labeled so as to show the acid salt or salts contained 

 therein. 



Sec. 4. The director of the Maine Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station shall analyze, or cause to be analyzed, samples 

 of articles of food on sale in Maine, suspected of being adul- 

 terated, and at such times and to such extent as said director 

 may determine. And said director, in person or by deputy, 

 shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any place 

 wherein articles of food are offered for sale, and upon tendering 

 the market price of any such article may take from any person, 

 persons or corporations samples for analysis. 



Sec. 5. The results of all analyses of articles of food made 

 by said director shall be published by him in the bulletins 01 

 reports of the Experiment Station, together with the names of 

 the persons from whom the samples were obtained, and the 

 names of the manufacturers thereof. The said director may 

 also adopt or fix standards of puritv, quality or strength when 

 such standards are not specified or fixed by law and shall publish 

 them, together with such other information concerning articles 

 of food as may be of public benefit. 



Sec. 6. Whoever adulterates or misbrands any article of 

 food as defined in this act, o'" whoever sells, offers or exposes for 

 sale any adulterated or misbranded article of food, shall be pun- 

 ished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for the first 

 oft'ense and not exceeding two hundred dollars for each subse- 

 quent offense. 



Sec 7. Whenever said director becomes cognizant of the 

 violation of any of the provisions of this act, he shall report such 

 violation to the commissioner of agriculture, and said commis- 

 sioner shall prosecute the party or parties thus reported. 



Sec. 8. No action shall be maintained in any court ni this 

 state on account of any sale or other contract made in violation 

 of this act. 



Sec. 9. Sections ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, 

 fifteen, sixteen and seventeen of chapter one hundred and 

 twenty-nine of the revised statutes and all acts or parts of acts 

 inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 10. This act shall take effect when approved. 



Approved March 15, 1905. 



