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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, § 142 (2026)

Adulteration of sausage or sausage meat

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Section 142. For the purposes of this and the following section, sausage or sausage meat shall be deemed to be adulterated:

First. If it contains any cereal or vegetable flour or any product thereof in excess of two per cent, except as authorized by section one hundred and forty-three A;

Second. If it contains any coloring matter, or any substance injurious or deleterious to health;

Third. If it contains water in excess of an amount sufficient to make the product palatable and to facilitate mixing and placing in casings;

Fourth. If it contains, except as casing, the organs of the thoracic and abdominal cavities or any part thereof, except hearts, tripe and liver;

Fifth. If it contains any diseased, contaminated, filthy or decomposed substance; or if it is manufactured, in whole or in part from, or contains a substance produced, stored, transported or kept in a way or manner that would render the article diseased, contaminated or unwholesome; or if it is the product of a diseased animal or the product of any animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1925–1925 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Cohen, 146 N.E. 228 (Mass. 1925).
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Commonwealth v. Cohen, 146 N.E. 228 (Mass. 1925). “” The word is not used in G. L. c. 94, § 142, Fourth, where sausage meat is declared adulterated “If it contains, except as casing, the organs of the thoracic and abdominal cavities or any part thereof, except hearts, tripe and liver,” and where “entrails” might well have been…”
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