NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 867

HOUSE BILL 1194

 

 

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL APPLES WHICH ARE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THIS STATE TO BEAR THE APPLICABLE U.S. GRADE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  All apples sold or offered for sale in closed containers in this State shall bear on the container, bag or other receptacle, the applicable U.S. grade or standard, or marked "unclassified", "not graded" or "grade not determined".

Sec. 2.  Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00). Each day on which apples are sold or offered for sale in violation of the provisions of this act shall constitute a separate violation.

Sec. 3.  This act shall be effective July 1, 1972.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of July, 1971.