Dublin Improvement Act 1849

Penalty for exposing for Sale unsound Meat or Provisions.

LXXVI. And be it enacted, That if any Butcher, Dealer in Meat, or other Person, shall keep, expose, or offer for Sale in his Shop, Stall, Warehouse, or on any Part of his Premises or other Place within the Limits of this Act, any unsound or unwholesome Meat, Fish, or other Provisions unfit for the Food of Man, adulterated or fraudulently made up, every Person so offending, and convicted of such Offence before Two Justices of the Peace, shall for every such Offence forfeit a Sum not exceeding Five Pounds; and such Meat, Fish, or other Provisions shall and may be seized, carried away, and dealt with in such Manner as the said Justices shall order and direct.