General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 94 Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles - Section 194A Adulterated shellfish; prosecution; defenses

Section 194A. In any prosecution in which it is alleged that the defendant for pay or otherwise delivered or offered to deliver to any person shellfish which are adulterated within the meaning of clause sixth of section one hundred and eighty-six, or however otherwise the offence may be described, it shall be a defense if the defendant shows that such shellfish were taken from an area not designated as contaminated by the department of public health or have passed a shellfish treatment plant approved by said department unless it appears from all the evidence that he knew or ought to have known of such adulteration or that he caused or contributed to the same.

Section:  Previous  189A  190  191  192  192A  193  194  194A  194B  195  196  197 to 217E  218  219  220  Next

Last modified: September 11, 2015