28.07 MARKING ARTICLES OF FOOD.
No person, firm, or corporation shall place, receive, or keep in any cold storage warehouse in
this state, articles of food unless the same shall be plainly marked, stamped, or tagged, either upon
the container in which they are packed, or upon the articles of food itself, with a lot number; and
no person, firm, or corporation shall remove or allow to be removed such articles of food from
any cold storage warehouse unless the same shall be plainly marked, stamped, or tagged, either
on the container in which it is enclosed or upon the article of food itself, with the lot number,
and such marks, stamps, and tags shall be prima facie evidence by which to trace the receipt, and
removal, and of the date thereof. It shall be unlawful to remove, deface, add to, alter, or change
any mark, or marks placed upon the container, wrapper, or upon the articles of food itself, or upon
the label or tag attached thereto, which marks are required under the provisions of this chapter,
or in compliance with rules adopted by the commissioner or under the provisions of the Cold
Storage Act of any other state, without permission or under the direction of the commissioner.
If the articles of food are stored by the lessee of a room or rooms in a cold storage warehouse,
the lessee shall be responsible for the goods placed by the lessee or the lessee's employees in said
leased space, and also for the placing upon them of the required marks. Cold storage products
may be removed from one container to another for the purpose of grading or repacking into more
convenient commercial form, either during cold storage or at the time of withdrawal therefrom
providing that the old container was properly marked; the lot number or numbers, shall be marked
also upon the new container.
History: (6213) 1921 c 310 s 7; 1923 c 233 s 7; 1943 c 232 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444