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§ 671. Babcock test bottles, etc.; use; approval

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 31 P.S. Food

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 31 P.S. Food (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 13. Milk and Cream
Babcock Testing Glassware
31 P.S. § 671
§ 671. Babcock test bottles, etc.; use; approval
Every person, firm, company, association, corporation, or agent thereof, engaged in the business of buying milk or cream on the basis of, or in any manner with reference to, the amount or percentage of butterfat contained therein, as determined by the “Babcock test,” shall use standard “Babcock” bottles, pipettes, and weights, as defined in section two of this act.1 All such Babcock test bottles, pipettes, and weights, so used, shall comply with the act of May 5, 1921 (P.L. 389),2 having to do with approval of types of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices as well as all of the other provisions of the said act. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or company, association, corporation, or any agents, to use any other than standard test bottles, pipettes, and weights, as provided in this section, to determine the amount of fat in milk or cream bought on the butterfat basis as determined by the Babcock test.

Credits

1919, May 23, P.L. 278, § 1. Amended 1961, July 13, P.L. 593, § 1.

Footnotes

31 P.S. § 672.
73 P.S. § 1701 et seq.
31 P.S. § 671, PA ST 31 P.S. § 671
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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