Section 289.44 - Warning notice; distributors of impure milk or cream; failure to obey, penalty.
DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSIONER (EXCERPT)
Act 211 of 1893
289.44 Warning notice; distributors of impure milk or cream; failure to obey, penalty.
Sec. 14.
Whenever it is determined by the dairy and food commissioner, his deputy or inspectors, that any person is using, selling or furnishing to any skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, milk depot, farm dairy, milk dealer, the retail trade or to any consumer of milk, any impure or unwholesome milk or cream, which impurity or unwholesomeness is caused by the unsanitary or filthy condition of the premises where cows are kept, or by the unsanitary or filthy care or handling of the cows, or from unclean utensils being used, or from unwholesome food, or from any other cause, the person so using, selling or furnishing to any skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, milk depot, farm dairy, milk dealer, the retail trade, or to any consumer of milk, any such milk or cream, shall first be notified and warned by the commissioner, his deputy or inspectors not to use, sell, or furnish such milk or cream to such skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, milk depot, farm dairy, milk dealer, the retail trade, or to any consumer of milk, and any person failing to obey such notice and warning, and continuing to use, sell or furnish to any skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, farm dairy, milk dealer or to the retail trade such impure or unwholesome milk or cream, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than 10 dollars, nor more than 50 dollars, and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail, not to exceed 90 days, or until such fine and costs are paid, or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
History: Add. 1905, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 6373 ;-- CL 1929, 5416 ;-- CL 1948, 289.44