346 HEALTH. [ART. 43

for the food of man, or any wine, vinegar, spirits, malt liquors,
or other liquor intended for food or dietetic purposes, knowing
the same to be adulterated or in any way sophisticated, he shall
be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not longer than
one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and the
article so adulterated shall be forfeited and destroyed or so dis-
posed of as to prevent it from being exposed for sale or used for
the food of man.

1890, ch. 604.

83. If any person shall sell or offer for sale any kind of dis-
eased, corrupted or unwholesome provisions such as poultry, game,
flesh, or preparations of flesh, fruits, vegetables, bread, flour,
meal, milk or other things intended to be used for human food,
he shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more
than one year, or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court hav-
ing jurisdiction, and the unwholesome provisions offered or
exposed for sale shall be forfeited and destroyed or so disposed of
as to prevent their being used for food; provided, that nothing
in this section shall apply to the shippers or consigners of green
fruits or vegetables that may be spoiled in transitu.

Ibid.

84. The State board of health shall be charged with the duty
of rendering effective the provisions of this sub-title, and shall take
such steps and to do such things as the board may deem neces-
sary, to detect and publicly expose any adulteration or corruption
of all articles sold or liquid intended or offered for sale as food
or drink; and shall, when deemed necessary, have the suspected
article subjected to chemical or other scientific examination in
order to establish more clearly the fact and degree of adultera-
ation.

Ibid.

85. Whenever the said board of health, or its proper officer,
shall be satisfied that any article of food, condiment or drink
has been adulterated, or is otherwise unsound or unwholesome,
the said board, or its proper officer, shall forbid the sale or dis-
posal of such article for human food and order it to be destroyed