It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to sell, expose for sale or deliver for domestic use or to be converted into any product of human food whatsoever any (a) unclean, impure, unwholesome, adulterated or skimmed milk, (b) milk from which has been held back what is known as strippings or (c) milk taken from an animal having disease, sickness, ulcers or abscesses. But this section shall not prohibit the sale of buttermilk or of skimmed milk when sold as such.
For the purposes of this section, milk which is proven by any reliable test or analysis to contain less than three per cent of butterfat and eight and one-half per cent solids other than butterfat shall be regarded as "skimmed milk." The Commissioner of Agriculture and all inspectors and chemists employed under Chapter 27 of Title 46 shall be charged with the enforcement of this section.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1602; 1952 Code Section 32-1602; 1942 Code Sections 5128-27, 5129-2; 1932 Code Sections 1455, 1542; Cr. C. '22 Sections 398, 401; Cr. C. '12 Sections 406, 411; Cr. C. '02 Section 308; 1896 (22) 215; 1904 (24) 531; 1907 (25) 528; 1913 (28) 35; 1917 (30) 51; 1924 (33) 971.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 33 - Milk And Milk Products Marketing
Section 39-33-1210. Milk, unlawful to fraudulently manipulate certain test.
Section 39-33-1220. Employment of licensed tester.
Section 39-33-1230. Issuance, term, and renewal of license of tester.
Section 39-33-1240. Hauler or receiver shall not manipulate weights or samples.
Section 39-33-1250. Equipment of receiver or buyer; testing; condemnation.
Section 39-33-1260. Employment and licenses of weighmen and samplers.
Section 39-33-1270. Temporary permit to test, weigh, or sample prior to license examination.
Section 39-33-1280. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
Section 39-33-1290. Interference with enforcement of article.
Section 39-33-1300. Duty of prosecuting attorneys regarding enforcement of article.
Section 39-33-1310. Report of receipts and expenditures.
Section 39-33-1320. Penalties.
Section 39-33-1510. Placing offensive material in milk containers is unlawful.
Section 39-33-1520. Trafficking in shipper's milk cans without consent or defacing cans is unlawful.
Section 39-33-1550. Use of milk containers of others is unlawful.
Section 39-33-1560. Sale or shipment of milk container by one other than dealer is unlawful.
Section 39-33-1570. Possession of milk containers of another for more than seven days is unlawful.
Section 39-33-1580. Penalties for violating Sections 39-33-1550 to 39-33-1570.
Section 39-33-1590. Certain sections are cumulative.
Section 39-33-1720. Sale or delivery of certain milk is unlawful.
Section 39-33-1730. Combinations of certain ingredients with butter or cheese prohibited.