Adulteration and Sale of Turpentine and Linseed Oil (Consolidated Laws of New York: Agriculture and Markets Law; Article 12; §§ 152 − 156)

1 Agriculture and Markets ARTICLE 12 Adulteration and Sale of Turpentine and Linseed Oil Section 152. Adulteration and sale of turpentine; notification of purchaser. 153. Adulteration and sale of raw linseed oil. 154. Adulteration and sale of boiled linseed oil. 155. Notice to be posted. 156. Application of article. § 152. Adulteration and sale of turpentine; notification of purchaser. No person shall manufacture, mix for sale, sell or offer for sale under the name of turpentine, spirits of turpentine, or wood turpentine or any compounding of the word turpentine, or under any name or device illustrating or suggesting turpentine or spirits of turpentine, any article which is not wholly distilled or derived from resin, crude turpentine gum, or scrapings from pine trees, and unmixed and unadulterated with oil, benzine or any other substance of any kind whatever, unless the package containing the same shall be stenciled or marked, with legible black letters in the English language not less than two inches high and one inch in width, "adulterated spirits of turpentine." Nor shall any person, firm or corporation sell or deliver such adulterated spirits of turpentine without informing the purchaser at the time of sale that the article is not pure spirits of turpentine, and the invoice shall accordingly read, "adulterated spirits of turpentine." Every container in which such mixed or adulterated spirits of turpentine is contained shall, in addition to the labeling before memtioned, be marked or stenciled in legible black letters in the English language, with the percentage of adulterant or adulterants which are contained in such mixture. § 153. Adulteration and sale of raw linseed oil. No person shall manufacture or mix for sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell under the name of raw linseed oil, or any compounding of the name raw linseed oil, or under any name or device illustrating or suggesting raw linseed oil, any article which is not wholly the product of commercially pure linseed or flaxseed. No person shall sell such adulterated raw linseed oil unless the package containing the same shall be plainly marked in legible black letters two inches high and one inch in width "adulterated linseed oil" or without informing the purchaser at the time of sale that the same is not pure linseed oil; and the invoice shall accordingly read "adulterated linseed oil. " § 154. Adulteration and sale of boiled linseed oil. No person shall manufacture or mix for sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell under the name of boiled linseed oil any article unless the oil from which said article is made be wholly the product of commercially pure linseed or flaxseed and unless the same has been heated to at least two hundred and twenty-five degrees Fahrenheit. No person shall sell such adulterated boiled linseed oil unless the package containing the same shall be plainly marked in legible black letters two inches high and one inch in 2 width "Adulterated Boiled Linseed Oil," or without informing the purchaser at the time of sale that the same is not pure boiled linseed oil, and the invoice shall accordingly read "Adulterated Linseed Oil." § 155. Notice to be posted. No person shall engage in the sale of adulterated turpentine, adulterated linseed oil or adulterated boiled linseed oil, in original packages or other than original packages, unless there are posted conspicuously in the room where such goods are sold, signs bearing the words "Adulterated Turpentine sold here, " or "Adulterated Linseed Oil sold here, " as the case may be, in legible letters in the English language at least two inches in length and one inch in width, said letters to be in black on a white background. § 156. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall not be construed as prohibiting the manufacture or sale of any compounds or imitations mentioned in this article providing the requirements of this article are otherwise observed.