Rhode Island § 21-22-5 § 21-22-5. Access to premises — Taking and analysis of specimens.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 21-22-5 — § 21-22-5. Access to premises — Taking and analysis of specimens.

Rhode Island § 21-22-5

Title 21Food And Drugs

Ch. 21-22Vinegar

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-22-5 (2026).

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§ 21-22-5. Access to premises — Taking and analysis of specimens.
Every duly authorized agent of the department of health may enter any place where
            vinegar is stored or kept for sale, and examine all carriages used in the conveyance
            of vinegar; and whenever the agent has reason to believe any vinegar found by him
            or her is adulterated, the agent shall take specimens of it and cause the vinegar
            to be analyzed or satisfactorily tested, the result of which the agent shall record
            and preserve as evidence, and a certificate of the result, sworn to by the analyzer,
            shall be admissible in evidence in all prosecutions under this chapter.
         
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§ 21-22-5. Access to premises — Taking and analysis of specimens.

Every duly authorized agent of the department of health may enter any place where vinegar is stored or kept for sale, and examine all carriages used in the conveyance of vinegar; and whenever the agent has reason to believe any vinegar found by him or her is adulterated, the agent shall take specimens of it and cause the vinegar to be analyzed or satisfactorily tested, the result of which the agent shall record and preserve as evidence, and a certificate of the result, sworn to by the analyzer, shall be admissible in evidence in all prosecutions under this chapter.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 148, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 174, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 205, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 270, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 21-22-5.