Title 21, Title 21 and Drugs

All agents appointed pursuant to § 21-14-13, by virtue of their appointment and until these appointments shall be cancelled and revoked, may seize all shellfish in possession of any person violating the provisions of this chapter, and may make complaints for the violations, and i…

Persons convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter shall be punished: (1) By a term of imprisonment not exceeding three (3) months or by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offe…

No person shall conduct within this state any shellfish business until that person shall have obtained a license from the department. The director shall, upon receipt of application for a license to conduct a shellfish business, cause the applicant’s shellfish business facilities…

The director shall adopt any regulations regarding sanitation as he or she shall deem necessary with reference to the conduct of a shellfish business. The director shall also adopt any regulations as he or she deems necessary to assure the sanitary quality of shellfish brought in…

No person shall sell or possess with intent to sell within this state for human consumption any shellfish which have not been taken, processed, labeled, transported, or sold in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance with this chap…

In every city or town in which pickled fish are packed for sale or exportation from the state, the packers of every city or town shall see that the fish have been properly pickled and that they are properly repackaged in casks, in good shipping order, with good salt sufficient in…

Mackerel of the next inferior quality, free from taint or damage, not less than ten inches (10"), measured as provided in § 21-15-7, that shall not count more than five hundred (500) fish to the barrel, shall be branded “Number three.”

All other mackerel, free from taint or damage, shall be branded “Number four.”

No person or persons shall sell or offer for sale any mackerel without having stamped, upon the barrel or covering containing the barrel, in a plain and legible manner the quality of the fish as classified in §§ 21-15-7 — 21-15-11.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as to prevent any fishermen or owners of fish, coming to this state from their fishing trips, from selling or reshipping their fish to any other of the United States without being packed into barrels or half barrels.

Every person who shall offer for sale in or attempt to export from the state any pickled fish which have not been approved by a sworn packer, or in casks which are not branded as required in this chapter, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.

Every person who shall shift any fish from any cask after the cask has been branded by the packer, and shall offer to sell or export the fish from this state, or shall brand any cask into which the fish shall be shifted, or shall brand any cask with the branding iron of a packer …

Every packer who shall be guilty of any fraud or neglect in packing any fish contrary to this chapter, or shall brand any cask not thoroughly examined according to the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.

The packers of fish shall be paid for opening, assorting, inspecting, weighing, pickling, packing, or repacking, heading up, nailing, and giving a certificate, if pickled codfish or mackerel, twenty cents ($0.20) for every barrel and fifteen cents ($0.15) for every half barrel by…

Every packer shall give bond to the city or town treasurer of the city or town in which the packer shall be appointed, in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with sufficient surety or sureties to the satisfaction of the city or town treasurer, for the faithful performance o…

Pickled fish, whether codfish, mackerel, menhaden, herrings, or other fish, shall be sorted and one kind only be put into the same cask.

Every cask shall be well seasoned and bound with twelve (12) hoops. Casks for menhaden and herrings shall be of the capacity to hold twenty-eight gallons (28 gals.), and those for other fish of the capacity, if a barrel, to hold two hundred pounds (200 lbs.), and if a half barrel…

Every cask before being packed or repacked for exportation shall first be searched, examined, and approved by a packer; and shall, when packed or repacked for exportation, be branded legibly on one head with the kind of fish it contains and the weight of the fish or the capacity …

Every cask of pickled codfish offered for sale or for exportation from the state shall also be branded “No. 1,” or “No. 2,” or “No. 3,” to denote the quality of the fish.

There shall be five (5) qualities of mackerel. Mackerel of the best quality, not mutilated, measuring not less than fourteen inches (14") from the extremity of the head to the notch or fork of the tail, free from rust, taint, or damage, and that shall count not more than one hund…

Mackerel of the best quality, not mutilated, being not less than thirteen inches (13"), measured as provided in § 21-15-7, free from rust, taint, or damage, that shall count not more than two hundred (200) fish to the barrel, shall be branded “Number one.”

Mackerel being not less than eleven inches (11"), measured as provided in § 21-15-7, free from rust, taint, or damage, and that shall count not more than three hundred fifty (350) fish to the barrel, shall be branded “Number two.”

A person, firm, or corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) Who shall knowingly sell or expose for sale any meat or meat preparation, either raw or prepared for human consumption, and falsely represent it to be kosher or as having been prepared under the supervision of a…

A person, firm, or corporation who shall knowingly sell or expose for sale in any restaurant or other place where food products are sold for consumption on the premises any article of food or food preparation falsely represented as kosher or as having been prepared in accordance …

A person, firm, or corporation who shall stamp or label or cause to be stamped or labeled any can, jar, package, or other container of food or food preparation, falsely representing these to be kosher for Passover use or as having been prepared for Passover use under the supervis…

A person, firm, or corporation convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, for the first offense, be punished by a fine in the sum of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than three hundred dollars ($300) and for the second and each subsequent o…

All shell eggs sold or offered for sale in this state for human consumption shall be labeled with the grade and size designation as set forth in the Rhode Island consumer grades.

Any person, firm, or corporation, which by itself, or its agents or employees, violates any provisions of §§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-10, or any regulation made pursuant to those sections, or fails to comply with any of the requirements of those sections or knowingly misrepresents the con…

“Cold storage eggs” as used in this chapter means eggs that have been artificially cooled for thirty (30) days or more at or below a temperature of forty degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees F.), and no other eggs shall be sold as “cold storage eggs.”

Whenever “cold storage eggs” are sold at wholesale or retail, or offered or exposed for sale, the case, package, box, or other container in which the eggs are placed or delivered shall be marked plainly and conspicuously with the words “cold storage eggs,” or there shall be attac…

Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of § 21-17-12 shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), for each offense.

The department of health shall have the same duties and powers relative to the making of rules and regulations relative to the enforcement of § 21-17-12 as is or shall be conferred upon it by chapter 1 of this title with reference to other foods.

Complaints for the violation of the provisions of § 21-17-12 may be made by any person, and if made by the director or a duly authorized agent of the director of health, the director or agent shall be exempt from giving surety for costs on that complaint.

The Rhode Island consumer grades for shell eggs shall be designated AA-A-B-C. The standards for quality of individual eggs shall be established by the director of environmental management under the provisions of § 21-20-5 and shall apply to all shell eggs sold or offered for sale…

The size and weight classes for all shell eggs sold or offered for sale in Rhode Island shall be established by the director of environmental management under the provisions of § 21-20-5.

Before establishing or changing the standards of quality, weight, and size requirements for Rhode Island consumer grades for shell eggs, the director shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be given in a newspaper of statewide circulation. The specifications for consum…

All advertising of shell eggs shall include the correct size and grade designation in describing the eggs and the correct size and grade designation shall appear in clearly legible letters on the top or side of the exterior of any container in which the eggs are offered for sale.…

The terms “fresh eggs,” “strictly fresh eggs,” “new-laid eggs,” or words or descriptions of similar import shall not be used in connection with the sale or offering for sale or advertising for sale of eggs in Rhode Island that do not meet the minimum requirements for Rhode Island…

No person, firm, or corporation shall falsely advertise, falsely label, or falsely represent in any manner the grade or size of eggs sold or offered for sale in Rhode Island. The sale of inedible eggs for human consumption as defined under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act…

All eggs intended for sale to a first receiver who normally grades them into proper sizes and grades before reselling them shall be exempt from the provisions of §§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-10 until they are offered for resale.

The director of environmental management shall administer and enforce the provisions of §§ 21-17-1 — 21-17-10, and shall make suitable regulations to carry out the administration and enforcement. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it may deem necessary t…

“Closed package” when used in this chapter means a barrel, box, basket, or other container the contents of which cannot be sufficiently inspected without opening it or removing any kind of cover or lid to expose the surface contents to view.

Each closed package of apples packed or repacked within the state and intended for sale within or without the state shall be marked or branded at the time of packing, repacking, or closing with a statement of the quantity of the contents, the name and address of the person by who…

Unless the package is marked with the numerical count, the minimum size of all apples, as required by § 21-18-2, shall be marked upon the package, and shall be determined by taking the transverse diameter of the smallest fruit in the package at right angles to the stem and blosso…

The branding or marking of barrels, boxes, or baskets under the provisions of this chapter shall be in block letters and figures not less than one-half inch (½") in height. The director of environmental management shall prescribe rules and regulations as to the lettering to be us…

For the purposes of this chapter, apples packed in a closed package shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If the package fails to bear all statements required by § 21-18-2. (2) If the package bears any statement, design, or device regarding the article or its contents which shall…