Money received. How factories to be located. Sanitation. By-products. Disposition Regulations concerning buildings. Syrup or brine. Sterilization of machines, etc. fee of twenty-five dollars. Moneys received by the Food and Drug Commissioner (Commissioner of Agriculture) under the provisions hereof shall be paid by him into the State Treasury, and be used to help defray the expenses incurred in the enforcement of this act. Sec. 3. All factories engaged in the business specified in section one hereof shall be located so as to receive raw material and distribute their products promptly without danger of damage or deterioration. Such factories shall not be located in any place which is insanitary or which cannot be made sanitary, or in the immediate vicinity of any works from which noxious odors are given off, or in which decomposed substances are kept or used. Such factories shall not be located where refuse and by-products cannot be disposed of in a sanitary manner and in such manner as not to create a nuisance. Sec. 4. Persons, firms, corporations and associations engaged in the business specified in section one shall prevent the accumulation of litter, waste, refuse or decomposed matter in or around the buildings, yards or grounds used by them. All liquid waste shall be conducted, from the buildings by suitable drains. By-products suitable for other uses may be retained in a sanitary manner. Gross by-products may be stacked or may be placed in silos separate from the factory properly drained. Sec. 5. All buildings used in the canning of fruit and vegetables shall be clean and properly lighted and ventilated. The ceilings shall be of sufficient height to permit ample clearance for all work under any shafting, hangers, piping or other apparatus suspended therefrom. When natural light and ventilation are not sufficient the same shall be augmented by mechanical methods. The interiors of all working rooms shall be kept a light color by paint, whitewash or other similar substances. The floors of all factories shall be water tight and pitched so as to properly drain all waste to the sewers. Gratings shall be provided around cookers and washers and other places where overflow is unavoidable. All scalders, blanchers and tanks of water in which any goods are held shall be provided with a continuous fresh supply of water and an overflow. Sec. 6. Cans shall not be brined or syruped by submergence. Only potable water shall be used in making syrup or brine, or to wash equipment coming in contact with food. Sec. 7. All tables, pails, pans, trays, utensils, conveyors, machines and floors shall be cleaned and sterilized with steam and water as least as often as at the close of business each day, and as much oftener as is necessary to prevent souring and insure proper sanitation. Ample water and steam supply shall be furnished to keep the factory clean. Roadways about the factory shall be sprinkled, oiled or otherwise treated to prevent dust. Sec. 8. All fruits and vegetables shall be washed before Washing. canning. for employes. fountains. to be employed. Sec. 9. Wash rooms shall be provided for employes con- Wash room veniently located and of sufficient size and equipment for the accommodation of all employes. Separate rooms shall be provided for each sex, and such rooms shall be equipped with running water and provided with individual and sanitary towels and plenty of soap. Sanitary drinking foun- Drinking tains shall be conveniently placed for employes, and the use of common drinking cups or cans or apparatus used about the factory for drinking purposes is prohibited. No person Persons not afflicted with any infectious or contagious disease, or who is suffering from any infected wound shall be employed or shall work in any factory engaged in the business specified herein. The use of tobacco and spitting on the floor is prohibited. Employes shall be properly clothed for the work they are to do, and if a change from street clothing to working clothing is necessary, dressing rooms for each sex shall be provided by the employer with suitable hangers or lockers. ployes are required to keep their finger nails clean and short, and to wash their hands each time before commencing their work after any absence from the work room. Em Sec. 10. The Food and Drug Commissioner (Commissioner Revocation of of Agriculture) shall have authority to suspend any license license. granted by him upon cause shown, and any circuit court may revoke any license which has been granted hereunder upon the filing of a petition therefor by the Food and Drug Commissioner (Commissioner of Agriculture) or by the prosecuting attorney of the county and the practice and procedure upon such petition shall be the same as in civil actions at law. granted. Sec. 11. License shall not be granted to persons, firms, To whom corporations and associations who shall have been convicted license not of violating any of the provisions of this act in the preceding year until in addition to the showing required by section two hereof and the payment of the fee hereinbefore provided they shall in the discretion of the commissioner give a bond Bond. with one or more sureties to be approved by the commissioner conditioned that they shall under penalty of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars obey the provisions of this act. commissioner. Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the Food and Drug Com Duty of missioner (Commissioner of Agriculture) to foster and encourage the canning industry in this State, and for that purpose, he shall investigate the general conditions of canning factories with full power to himself, his deputies or inspectors, to enter upon any premises for such investigation with the object in view of improving the quality and creating and maintaining uniformity of the products canned and produced in such factories. The commissioner shall, as soon as prac- Rules and ticable after this law becomes effective, make such rules and regulations. Penalty. regulations as he deems necessary to successfully carry into effect the provisions of this act. Sec. 13. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Standard for black pepper. (Act No. 418, Public Acts 1919.) AN ACT to provide for the manufacture and sale of black pepper, white pepper, red pepper, cloves and nutmegs, and to provide a penalty for the violation of this act. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Νο person, firm or corporation shall manufacture for sale, or expose for sale, sell, exchange or deliver or have in his possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, any ground or whole black pepper which contains not less than six and seventy-five hundredths per cent of non-volatile ether extract, not less than thirty per cent of starch, not more than seven per cent of total ash, nor more than one and five-tenths per cent of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid. No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture for sale, or expose for sale, sell, exchange or deliver or have in his possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, any ground or whole white pepper which contains not less than seven per cent of non-volatile ether extract, not less than fifty-two per cent of starch, not more than five per cent of crude fiber, not more than three and five-tenths per cent of total ash, nor more than three-tenths per cent of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid. Sec. 3. No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture for sale, or expose for sale, sell, exchange or deliver or have in his possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, any ground or whole red pepper which contains not more than eight per cent of total ash, nor more than one per cent of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid. Sec. 4. No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture for sale, or expose for sale, sell, exchange or deliver or have in his possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver any ground or whole cloves which contain not more than five per cent of clove stems, not less than fifteen per cent of volatile ether extract, not less than twelve per cent of quercitannic acid (calculated from the total oxygen absorbed by the aqueous extract), not more than ten per cent of crude fiber, not more than seven per cent of total ash, nor more than fivetenths per cent of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid. Sec. 5. No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture for sale, or expose for sale, sell, exchange or deliver or have in his possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, any ground or whole nutmegs which contain not less than twentyfive per cent of non-volatile ether extract, not more than ten per cent of crude fiber, not more than five per cent of total ash, nor more than five-tenths per cent of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid. Sec. 6. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine of not more than five hundred dollars and costs of prosecution or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one hundred days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Sec. 7. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. (Act No. 25, Public Acts 1919.) AN ACT to prohibit the employment of persons affected with infectious or venereal disease in places where food or drink is manufactured, prepared, served or sold. Certain persons prohibited. amination. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Employment. No person who is affected with any infectious disease, or with any venereal disease in a communicable form, shall work or be permitted to work in any place where food or drink is prepared, cooked, mixed, baked, exposed, bottled, packed, handled, stored, manufactured, offered for sale or sold. When- Physical exever required by any local health officer, any person employed in any such place shall submit to a physical examination by such officer, or by some physician designated by such health officer or by a physician regularly in the employ of the person, firm, corporation or institution by whom the person to be examined is employed. If as a result of such examina- Employment tion, such person shall be found to be affected with any in- to cease. fectious disease, or with any venereal disease in a com municable form, such employment shall immediately cease and such person shall not be permitted to work in any such place. Sec. 2. Any person, knowingly affected with any infectious Penalty. disease, or with any venereal disease in a communicable form, who shall work in any place defined in section one, and any person knowingly employing or permitting such person to work in such place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Drinks manufactured in state. License. Renewal. Act No. 259, Public Acts 1919. AN ACT to regulate the manufacture and sale of soft drinks, syrups, extracts and all other non-alcoholic beverages within the State and prescribe penalties for violation thereof, and repeal act number two hundred eighty-eight of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred fifteen. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact: No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture for sale at wholesale any soft drink or other non-alcoholic beverage except apple cider within this State without having first filed with the Food and Drug Commissioner (Commissioner of Agriculture) an application for a license, accompanied with a fee of twenty-five dollars, upon receipt of which application, the Food and Drug Commissioner (Commissioner of Agriculture) shall issue to the person, firm or corporation making such application, a license to manufacture soft drinks or other non-alcoholic beverages, as hereinafter provided. Said license shall run for one year from the date of the application, unless sooner revoked, as herein provided, and shall be reNo soft drink or other nonnewed annually thereafter. manufactured alcoholic beverage except apple cider not manufactured in the State shall be sold or offered for sale within the State of Michigan unless same is first inspected and registered with the Food and Drug department (Department of Agriculture) and an inspection fee of twenty-five dollars for each such drink or other non-alcoholic beverage bearing a distinguishing flavor or name shall be paid either by the manufacturer, his agent or dealer to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug department of the State of Michigan, (Commissioner of Agriculture) same to be renewed annually. Drinks not in state. Fee. Annual renewal. Registration of name. Fee. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, or have in his or their possession with intent to sell, any soda water, syrup or extract, soft drink syrup or extract, bearing a distinguishing name as parfay, coca cola, et cetera, without first registering the same and the name and address of the manufacturer thereof with the Food and Drug Commissioner (Commissioner of Agriculture); they shall also pay to the Food and Drug Commissioner (Commissioner of Agriculture) at the time of making such registration, a license fee of five dollars for each and every syrup or extract |