Section 285.202.1. Transportation and handling of fresh fruits and vegetables containing excessive quantities of poisonous spray residue; offering or exposing for sale.

No person, firm, or corporation, by themselves or their agents or servants shall, within this state, have in their possession with intent  to sell, or offer or expose for sale, or sell  any article of  food  which  is adulterated or misbranded.

(2)   The transportation, handling, offering, or exposing for sale or selling fruit or vegetables containing added excessive   quantities  of dangerous poisonous spray residue constitutes adulteration, and violators are subject to the penalties of the laws governing.

(3)    The maximum tolerances for lead and arsenic that may be present as spray residue on fruit and vegetables offered for sale or sold in Michigan are declared to be the latest tolerances allowed therefor by the secretary of agriculture of the United States, which are as follows:.050 grains of lead per pound of fruit and .025 grains of arsenic, (expressed as arsenic trioxide), per pound of fruit.

History: 1979 AC.