Chapter 94

Section 90. Whoever carries on an establishment for the breaking or canning of eggs without a license as provided in the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both…

Section 90A. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, no person shall sell, or offer, expose or advertise for sale, eggs as ''fresh eggs'', ''strictly fresh eggs'', ''nearby eggs'' or ''new-laid eggs'' or eggs described with words of similar import, unless they meet the followin…

Section 90B. No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, eggs unless the carton or other container thereof contains or bears a proper designation or description relating to the size of such eggs, as hereinafter provided, and no person shall advertise eggs for sale at state…

Section 90C. The commissioner of food and agriculture shall establish official grades of eggs sold, offered for sale, exposed or advertised for sale, at retail, within the commonwealth, and may from time to time modify such grades. Before establishing or modifying any such grades…

Section 90D. The grades so established shall include grades closely correlated to the United States consumer standards for shell eggs. The standards of quality for the Massachusetts consumers grades of shell eggs shall be grade ''AA'', ''A'', ''B'' or ''not graded.'' The final de…

Section 90E. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, misbrands eggs and sells, distributes, or offers or exposes for sale such misbranded eggs shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than fifty dollars and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more …

Section 91. Whenever eggs which have been in cold storage are sold at wholesale or retail, or offered or exposed for sale, the basket, box or other container in which the eggs are placed shall be marked plainly and conspicuously with the words ''cold storage eggs'', or there shal…

Section 92. Broken eggs packed in cans, if not intended for food, shall be denatured when deposited in cold storage, and shall be marked by the owner, in accordance with forms prescribed by the department of public health, so as plainly to indicate that they are not to be sold fo…

Section 92A. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale for food purposes, or have in possession with intent to sell for such purposes, eggs which, either before or after removal from the shell, are wholly or partly decayed or decomposed, eggs in the fluid state, any part o…

Section 92B. All meats, poultry and edible fish, except soft shell clams and oysters, shall be sold at retail only by weight and, except when sold in package form bearing a plain and conspicuous statement of quantity of contents as provided in section one hundred and eighty-one, …

Section 96. Except as otherwise provided in sections ninety-eight and ninety-nine and in chapter ninety-nine, or except when sold in the original standard container, all fruits, nuts, vegetables and grain shall be sold at retail by avoirdupois weight or numerical count. The words…

Section 98. Baskets or other receptacles holding one quart or less which are used or intended to be used in the sale of strawberries, blackberries, cherries, currants, blueberries, raspberries or gooseberries shall be of the capacity of one quart, one pint or one half pint, Massa…

Section 99. Berries, except cranberries, when sold shall, subject to the preceding section, be measured by the strike or level measure.

Section 99A. The Massachusetts standard box for farm produce sold at wholesale, except as otherwise provided, shall contain two thousand one hundred fifty and forty-two one-hundredths cubic inches and shall be of the following dimensions by inside measurements: seventeen and one …

Section 99B. No person shall sell or offer to sell or pack for sale or distribution in the commonwealth fruit, vegetables or turkeys in containers bearing the label or designation ''native'' nor cause fruit, vegetables or turkeys to be advertised as ''native'' unless the name of …

Section 9A. Every room used for the manufacture of flour or meal food products shall, if required by the board of health, have an impermeable floor constructed of cement or tiles laid in cement, and an additional floor of wood properly saturated with linseed oil. The walls and ce…

Section 9B. The sleeping places for persons employed in a bakery shall be separate from the rooms where flour or meal food products are manufactured or stored.

Section 9C. The owner, agent or lessee of any property affected by section nine A shall, within sixty days after service of written notice requiring any alterations to be made in such property, comply therewith. Such notice may be served upon such owner, agent or lessee personall…

Section 9D. Except as provided in section nine F, boards of health may make such further regulations as the public health may require, and shall cause such regulations, together with sections nine A to nine E, inclusive, to be printed and posted in all such bakeries and places of…

Section 9E. Whoever violates any provision of sections nine A to nine C, inclusive, or refuses to comply with any requirement of the board of health authorized therein or in the preceding section shall be punished for a first offence by a fine of not less than twenty nor more tha…

Section 9F. The department of public health may make rules and regulations to carry out sections nine G to nine M, inclusive. Said sections and the rules and regulations shall be enforced by said department and by the local boards of health acting under the supervision of said de…

Section 9G. Every bakery shall be constructed, drained, lighted, ventilated and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, and when and where necessary screened against flies; shall have plumbing and drainage facilities, together with suitable wash basins, wash sinks and toile…

Section 9H. In connection with every bakery suitable rooms shall be provided for the changing and hanging of the wearing apparel of the workers or employees, which shall be separate and apart from the work, storage and sales rooms, and shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condit…

Section 9I. No person shall sit, lie or lounge or be permitted to sit, lie or lounge upon any of the tables, shelves, boxes or other equipment or accessories used in connection with the production, preparation, packing, storing, display or sale of bakery products. No animals or f…

Section 9J. Before beginning the work of preparing, mixing or handling any ingredients used in the production of bakery products, every person engaged in such work shall wash the hands and arms, and, after using toilets or water closets, shall wash the hands and arms thoroughly a…

Section 9K. If, after inspection, it is found that a bakery is not constructed, maintained, operated or the distribution of its products not conducted in accordance with sections two to six, inclusive, and sections nine F to nine J, inclusive, written notice shall be given to the…

Section 9L. If a bakery is unfit for the production or handling of food or dangerous to the health of its employees, the department of public health or local board may order it closed; provided, that any person aggrieved may be heard before said department or board, and may also …

Section 9M. No new bakeries shall be established unless the building plans and equipment proposed to be used have been approved by the local board of health. The board shall refuse a permit for such bakery if the building and equipment do not comply with sections two to six, incl…