Dairy Produce Act, 1924

Dirty butter.

41.—(1) Any person who sells or exposes for sale or offers or consigns for sale or exchanges or barters or for the purpose of re-sale acquires by purchase, exchange or barter—

(a) as an article of food for human consumption or for use in a butter factory or a margarine factory, or

(b) for use in any premises in which any article of human food is manufactured for sale, any butter which is dirty shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be punishable accordingly.

(2) If and whenever any inspector finds in any butter factory, margarine factory, or other premises in which any article of human food is manufactured for sale any butter which is dirty, the person carrying on the business in such factory or premises shall be guilty of an offence under this section and be punishable accordingly, unless he can show to the satisfaction of the court that such butter—

(a) was not intended to be blended, re-worked, or otherwise treated, or to be used for manufacturing purposes in such factory or premises, and

(b) was not intended to be exported or consigned for export from such factory or premises, and

(c) was not intended to be sold or offered or consigned for sale as butter on or from such factory or premises.

(3) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction thereof in the case of a first offence to a penalty not exceeding two pounds, and in the case of a second offence to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and in the case of a third or any subsequent offence to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.