Adulteration of Food, &c.

Chap. 11.—The penalty for adulteration applies to the sale of any article of food or drug not of the nature, substance and quality demanded, to the prejudice of the purchaser,—except when any ingredient not injurious to health has been added because requisite to make the article fit for carriage and consumption, not to increase bulk or weight or conceal inferior quality, or when the drug or food is a proprietary medicine or subject of a patent and is according to specification, or when it is unavoidably mixed in process of preparation or collection. The products of fat, &c., in imitation of butter must not be sold or offered for sale as butter, but must be stamped on the packages as "Oleomargarine." In retail sales a label with this name must be delivered with the parcel. Penalty for contravention, $100 for each offence.