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	2019 -- S 0350
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SODA AND CREAM OF TARTAR

	Introduced By: Senators Paolino, Pearson, de la Cruz, and Lynch Prata
	Date Introduced: February 13, 2019
	Referred To: Senate Judiciary
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Sections 21-26-1, 21-26-2, 21-26-3 and 21-26-4 of the General Laws in
2	Chapter 21-26 entitled "Soda and Cream of Tartar" are hereby repealed.
3	21-26-1. Appointment of municipal inspectors.
4	The city and town councils of the several cities and towns may, appoint an inspector of
5	saleratus, bicarbonate of soda, and cream of tartar for the cities and towns.
6	21-26-2. Testing and certification -- Fee.
7	Every inspector shall, whenever requested, test any of the articles which shall be
8	presented to him or her for inspection, and shall give his or her certificate to any person applying
9	for it, whether the article is impure or adulterated, and for every certificate the inspector shall be
10	entitled to the sum of two dollars ($2.00).
11	21-26-3. Analysis -- Fee.
12	Every inspector shall, whenever requested, make an analysis of an article which may be
13	presented to him or her for that purpose, and shall give his or her certificate to any person who
14	shall apply for it, of the result of the analysis, for which certificate he or she shall be entitled to
15	the sum of ten dollars ($10.00).
16	21-26-4. Sale of adulterated articles.
17	Every person who shall sell saleratus, bicarbonate of soda, or cream of tartar which has
18	been adulterated and thereby rendered an impure article, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00),
19	together with the cost of testing and analyzing the impure article; one-half (1/2) of the fine to the

1	use of the city or town where the sale shall be made, and one-half (1/2) of the fine, together with
2	the cost of testing and analyzing the impure article, to the use of the person who shall sue for it.
3	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SODA AND CREAM OF TARTAR
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1	This act would repeal sections of the general laws that require city and town councils to
2	appoint an inspector or saleratus, bicarbonate of soda, and cream of tartar in order to test for
3	adulterated product, and eliminates the fine for any person selling such adulterated product.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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