Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

and against Sale of adult e-rated Food.

XLIX. If any Person shall sell or expose for Sale any adulterated Butter, Meal, Bread, or other Article of Food, knowing the same to be adulterated, such Person so offending shall, upon Conviction before a Justice, for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings, and such adulterated Article shall be forfeited and disposed of as the Chairman of the Commissioners shall direct; and it shall be lawful for such Chairman on the Application of the Inspector of Nuisances, or other Officer acting under this Act, setting forth that he has received Information and has just Cause to believe that any adulterated Article of Food is in the Possession of any Person for the Purpose of being disposed of, to grant Warrant to enter upon the Premises of such Person, and to search for and seize such Article of Food, and to forfeit and dispose of the same as to him shall seem proper.