Massachusetts § 16A Certificate of registration required for sale of milk produced on dairy farm

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 16A — Certificate of registration required for sale of milk produced on dairy farm

Massachusetts § 16A

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE

Ch. 94INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD, DRUGS AND VARIOUS ARTICLES

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, § 16A (2026).

Text

Section 16A. Except as provided in section sixteen H, no person shall sell or offer or expose for sale milk produced on a dairy farm, for use or disposal elsewhere than on such farm, unless as to such farm a certificate of registration has been issued by the commissioner under section sixteen C and is in full force and effect; provided, that one who purchases such milk from a dealer registered under section sixteen F and sells or offers or exposes the same for sale shall not be deemed to have violated this section unless he knows or has reasonable ground to know that the same was not produced on a farm as to which such a certificate has been issued.

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Section 16A. Except as provided in section sixteen H, no person shall sell or offer or expose for sale milk produced on a dairy farm, for use or disposal elsewhere than on such farm, unless as to such farm a certificate of registration has been issued by the commissioner under section sixteen C and is in full force and effect; provided, that one who purchases such milk from a dealer registered under section sixteen F and sells or offers or exposes the same for sale shall not be deemed to have violated this section unless he knows or has reasonable ground to know that the same was not produced on a farm as to which such a certificate has been issued.