Section 13

Act 258 of 1895, § 13, under BUREAU OF HEALTH CREATED.

Act 258 of 1895, § 13

Section 13. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep, expose or offer for sale for food, or keep the same for the purpose of sale for food, within the limits of said cities, any emaciated, tainted, putrid, decayed, decaying, unwholesome, or diseased meat, game, fish, eggs, or poultry, or any decayed or unwholesome vegetable, fruit, or other matter or thing used for food. In case of keeping, exposing, or offering such for sale, the said bureau shall have the power and authority to seize, condemn, and confiscate the same, and also all maimed and diseased animals, or any that may be too young to be used for food. The keeping, offering, exposure, or sale as aforesaid, of any emaciated, tainted, putrid, decayed, decaying, unwholesome, or diseased meat, game, fish, eggs, or poultry, or any decayed or unwholesome vegetable, fruit, or other matter or thing used for food, or of any maimed or diseased animal, or animals too young to be used for food, shall be and is hereby declared to be unlawful, and the person so offending shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed in section eleven of this act. The exposure to sale, after condemnation as aforesaid, of any emaciated, tainted, putrid, decayed, decaying, unwholesome or diseased meat, fish, game, eggs or poultry, or any decayed or unwholesome vegetable, fruit or other matter or thing used for food, or of any maimed or diseased animal, or animals too young to be fit for food, shall be and is hereby declared to be unlawful, and any person or persons so offending shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed in section eleven of this act. (Amended, 1899, Act No. 113, P. L. 164, Section 7)