Title 39, Trade and Commerce

It shall be the responsibility of the receivers or buyers to provide equipment necessary to obtain accurate weights and accurate and representative samples for determining the butterfat content of milk or cream received and paid for on the basis of weight and test. The Commission…

Every milk plant, creamery, shipping station or other factory or person or agent receiving, buying or paying for milk, cream or other dairy products on the basis of butterfat content, shall have in its employ at least one licensed weighman and sampler who shall supervise and be r…

Any person who shall desire to test, weigh or sample either milk or cream prior to taking the necessary examination for a license may apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture for a temporary permit. Such permit when issued shall entitle the holder to test, weigh or sample milk or…

The Commissioner of Agriculture shall establish and promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this article that shall govern the granting of licenses under this article and shall establish and promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this article which …

It shall be unlawful for any person, either for himself or as an officer, servant, agent or employee of any other person, to interfere in any manner with any duly authorized agent of the Commissioner of Agriculture, to refuse entry to such agent or to interfere in any way so as t…

It shall be the duty of every prosecuting attorney to whom the Commissioner of Agriculture shall report any violation of the provisions of this article to cause proceedings to be commenced against the persons so violating the provisions of this article and to prosecute them to fi…

The Commissioner of Agriculture shall include in his annual report a classified report showing the total receipts and expenditures under the provisions of this article.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, for the first offense shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than thirty …

It shall be unlawful for any person to place or permit to be placed in any milk container designed to be again used in the production, sale or delivery of milk or other dairy products in the State or the police jurisdiction of the State swill, offal, kerosene, gasoline, food prod…

It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of the agent of the owner or shipper, to use, sell, dispose of, buy or traffic in any milk or cream can belonging to any dealer or shipper of milk or cream residing in this State or elsewhere who may ship milk or cream to a…

The fact that any person, without the consent of the owner, dealer or shipper thereof, either uses, sells, disposes of, buys, traffics in or has in his possession or under his control any such milk or cream can shall be presumptive evidence of the unlawful use, sale, purchase of …

It shall be unlawful for any person regularly engaged in the retail sale of milk, either on his own account or in a representative capacity for some other, to use in such business bottles or other containers wherein or whereon is indelibly stamped or fixed the name or trademark o…

It shall be unlawful for any person to bottle milk or other dairy products in any bottle not the property of such person or to use milk bottles, milk cans or milk bottle crates not the property of such person.

It shall be unlawful for any person to collect, have or possess milk bottles, milk cans or milk bottle crates for sale or for exchange for a consideration or for shipment within the State or from the State, excepting only wholesale and retail dealers in milk bottles, milk cans an…

It shall be further unlawful for any person to retain possession of any milk bottles, milk cans or milk bottle crates not his property for a period longer than seven days. But this section shall not apply to any retail consumer who purchased the milk which came in any such bottle…

Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 39-33-1550 to 39-33-1570 shall be punished upon conviction by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, either or both, or any portion of either or both, in the discretion of the court…

Sections 39-33-1510 and 39-33-1550 to 39-33-1580 shall be in addition to all other laws for the protection of owners of milk bottles, milk cans and milk bottle crates.

All persons in this State purchasing milk or cream for manufacture, sale or shipment and paying for it on the basis of the butterfat contained therein, as determined by test, shall take or cause to be taken in the places where such milk or cream is purchased or tested a represent…

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to sell, expose for sale or deliver for domestic use or to be converted into any product of human food whatsoever any (a) unclean, impure, unwholesome, adulterated or skimmed milk, (b) milk from which has been held back what is known …

No person shall combine any animal fat, vegetable oil or other substance with butter or cheese.