§ 21-31-10 Adulterated food. – A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:
(1) If: (i) it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterioussubstance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance isnot an added substance the food shall not be considered adulterated under thisclause if the quantity of that substance in the food does not ordinarily renderit injurious to health; (ii) it bears or contains any added poisonous or addeddeleterious substance which is unsafe within the meaning of § 21-31-13;(iii) it consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy,putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is unfit for food; (iv) it has beenproduced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions by which it mayhave become contaminated with filth, or by which it may have been rendereddiseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health; (v) it is the product of adiseased animal or an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter, orthat has been fed upon the uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse; or (vi) itscontainer is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterioussubstance which may render the contents injurious to health.
(2) If: (i) any valuable constituent has been in whole or inpart omitted or abstracted from it; (ii) any substance has been substitutedwholly or in part for it; (iii) damage or inferiority has been concealed in anymanner; or (iv) any substance has been added to it or mixed or packed with itso as to increase its bulk or weight or reduce its quality or strength or makeit appear better or of greater value than it is.
(3) If it is confectionery and it bears or contains anyalcohol or non-nutritive article or substance except harmless coloring,harmless flavoring, harmless resinous glaze not in excess of four-tenths of onepercent (0.4%), harmless natural wax not in excess of four-tenths of onepercent (0.4%), harmless natural gum, or pectin; provided, that thissubdivision shall not apply to any confectionery by reason of its containingless than one-half of one percent (.5%) by volume of alcohol derived solelyfrom the use of flavoring extracts, or to any chewing gum by reason of itscontaining harmless non-nutritive masticatory substances.
(4) If it bears or contains a coal-tar color other than onefrom a batch which has been certified under authority of the Federal Act.
§ 21-31-10 Adulterated food. – A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:
(1) If: (i) it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterioussubstance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance isnot an added substance the food shall not be considered adulterated under thisclause if the quantity of that substance in the food does not ordinarily renderit injurious to health; (ii) it bears or contains any added poisonous or addeddeleterious substance which is unsafe within the meaning of § 21-31-13;(iii) it consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy,putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is unfit for food; (iv) it has beenproduced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions by which it mayhave become contaminated with filth, or by which it may have been rendereddiseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health; (v) it is the product of adiseased animal or an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter, orthat has been fed upon the uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse; or (vi) itscontainer is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterioussubstance which may render the contents injurious to health.
(2) If: (i) any valuable constituent has been in whole or inpart omitted or abstracted from it; (ii) any substance has been substitutedwholly or in part for it; (iii) damage or inferiority has been concealed in anymanner; or (iv) any substance has been added to it or mixed or packed with itso as to increase its bulk or weight or reduce its quality or strength or makeit appear better or of greater value than it is.
(3) If it is confectionery and it bears or contains anyalcohol or non-nutritive article or substance except harmless coloring,harmless flavoring, harmless resinous glaze not in excess of four-tenths of onepercent (0.4%), harmless natural wax not in excess of four-tenths of onepercent (0.4%), harmless natural gum, or pectin; provided, that thissubdivision shall not apply to any confectionery by reason of its containingless than one-half of one percent (.5%) by volume of alcohol derived solelyfrom the use of flavoring extracts, or to any chewing gum by reason of itscontaining harmless non-nutritive masticatory substances.
(4) If it bears or contains a coal-tar color other than onefrom a batch which has been certified under authority of the Federal Act.
§ 21-31-10 Adulterated food. – A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:
(1) If: (i) it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterioussubstance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance isnot an added substance the food shall not be considered adulterated under thisclause if the quantity of that substance in the food does not ordinarily renderit injurious to health; (ii) it bears or contains any added poisonous or addeddeleterious substance which is unsafe within the meaning of § 21-31-13;(iii) it consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy,putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is unfit for food; (iv) it has beenproduced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions by which it mayhave become contaminated with filth, or by which it may have been rendereddiseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health; (v) it is the product of adiseased animal or an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter, orthat has been fed upon the uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse; or (vi) itscontainer is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterioussubstance which may render the contents injurious to health.
(2) If: (i) any valuable constituent has been in whole or inpart omitted or abstracted from it; (ii) any substance has been substitutedwholly or in part for it; (iii) damage or inferiority has been concealed in anymanner; or (iv) any substance has been added to it or mixed or packed with itso as to increase its bulk or weight or reduce its quality or strength or makeit appear better or of greater value than it is.
(3) If it is confectionery and it bears or contains anyalcohol or non-nutritive article or substance except harmless coloring,harmless flavoring, harmless resinous glaze not in excess of four-tenths of onepercent (0.4%), harmless natural wax not in excess of four-tenths of onepercent (0.4%), harmless natural gum, or pectin; provided, that thissubdivision shall not apply to any confectionery by reason of its containingless than one-half of one percent (.5%) by volume of alcohol derived solelyfrom the use of flavoring extracts, or to any chewing gum by reason of itscontaining harmless non-nutritive masticatory substances.
(4) If it bears or contains a coal-tar color other than onefrom a batch which has been certified under authority of the Federal Act.
