Show old fr french enc h laws hard on food adulterators A frene french h milkman who ft ho was recent ly caught selling adulterated milk was surprised to hear from th the presiding magistrate the punishment aliment feied such an offense in the original statute enacted under king louis XI 1481 it it provided that anyone who sold watered milk should dhave have a funnel I 1 put into ills his throat and his own milk should be poured down it until aunill a dock doc tor certified that lie he could not w with ith out danger to ills hla life swallow tiny any wore inore sellers Seller of stale eggs were to ile he i put into the pillory and aind their e eggs given to children who would be e encouraged cou raged to pelt the wrongdoers wrong doers with their own unsavory wares those abo sold adult adulterated adulterate erat ed butter were to ita stand n 1 I in the pillory with the butter on their heads until the sun had melted it at all I 1 I 1 if di there e re was t no 0 sun ta they I 1 ey were to be fastened up in front 0 of f the fl fireplace replace in 11 the jail to undergo the banfe same indignity |