Code of Alabama - Title 20: Food, Drugs and Cosmetics - Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration
- Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 20-1-1 Short title; enforcement of chapter
This chapter may be cited as the "Alabama Safe Foods Act of 2000." The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities of the state...
- Section 20-1-2 Adoption of rules and regulations
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to the accomplishment...
- Section 20-1-3 Right of entry by commissioner and agents; authority to take samples, investigate records, etc
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and officers and employees under his supervision or direction shall have authority to enter and inspect any premises or...
- Section 20-1-4 Suspension from sale, seizure, and condemnation of articles sold, stored, etc., in violation of chapter
Any food, drug, or cosmetic regulated by this chapter which is found to be manufactured, processed, compounded, refined, packed, packaged, stored, sold, or transported in...
- Section 20-1-5 Penalty for violations of chapter or orders, rules, or regulations
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any order, rule, or regulation made or promulgated under authority of this chapter...
- Section 20-1-6 Nonliability of good faith donors and distributors of canned or perishable food
(a) When used in this section, the words and terms defined in this subsection shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them, unless it clearly...
- Section 20-1-7 Regulation of nutrition labeling of certain food
(a) The subject matter of the regulation of nutrition labeling of food that is a menu item in restaurants, retail food establishments, and vending machines...
- Article 2 Adulteration and Misbranding.
- Division 1 Food and Drugs Generally.
- Section 20-1-20 Definitions
When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ARTICLE. When...
- Section 20-1-21 Purpose of division; standards; construction of chapter
(a) The purpose of this division is to prevent the manufacture, possession, sale, or delivery of out-of-date Class A foods and adulterated or misbranded food...
- Section 20-1-22 When articles deemed adulterated - Food generally
An article shall be deemed adulterated in the case of food: (1) If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to...
- Section 20-1-23 When articles deemed adulterated - Confectionery
In the case of confectionery, it shall be deemed adulterated if it contains terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, burnt umber, or other mineral substance...
- Section 20-1-24 When articles deemed adulterated - Drugs
An article shall be deemed adulterated in the case of drugs: (1) If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in...
- Section 20-1-25 When articles deemed misbranded generally - Food
An article of food shall be deemed misbranded in the following cases: (1) If it is offered for sale under the name of another article;...
- Section 20-1-26 When articles deemed misbranded generally - Drugs
A drug shall be deemed misbranded in the following cases: (1) If it is an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of...
- Section 20-1-27 Prohibited activities
No person shall engage in any of the following activities within this state: (1) Manufacture for sale herein, have in his or her possession with...
- Section 20-1-28 Manufacture, sale, etc., of soft drinks, etc., colored with coal tar preparation, etc., or sweetened with artificial sweeteners; labeling and display for sale of artificially sweetened soft drinks, etc., manufactured for special dietary use by certain persons
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
- Section 20-1-29 Shipment, offer for shipment, or sale of certain citrus fruits
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
- Section 20-1-30 Sale, offer for sale, etc., of certain artificially colored potatoes
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
- Section 20-1-31 Possession, transportation, etc., of items in violation of division, chapter
(a) The having in possession by any person, firm, or corporation who manufactures or exposes for sale any out-of-date Class A foods and adulterated or...
- Section 20-1-32 Exemption from prosecution of dealers
No dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this division when the dealer can establish a bona fide guarantee signed by a reputable wholesaler,...
- Section 20-1-33 Food safety permit
(a) No person shall operate a food sales establishment within this state which sells baby food, infant formula, or potentially hazardous food without a food...
- Section 20-1-34 Civil penalties for violation of chapter, etc
(a) Notwithstanding the existence of any criminal penalty imposed for violations of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, the department may, after...
- Section 20-1-35 Food Safety Advisory Committee
There is hereby created the Food Safety Advisory Committee to provide recommendations to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries concerning the promulgation of rules...
- Section 20-1-36 Donations to exempt organizations
Nothing in Act 2000-320 shall prohibit the donation of any food by any food sales establishment, food manufacturer, or food distributor to an organization defined...
- Section 20-1-37 Provisions cumulative and supplemental
The provisions of Act 2000-320 are cumulative and supplemental to and in furtherance of any statutory or common law or other legal right, duty, power,...
- Division 2 Cosmetics.
- Section 20-1-50 Definitions
(a) When used in this division, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ARTICLE....
- Section 20-1-51 When cosmetics deemed adulterated
(a) A cosmetic shall be deemed adulterated: (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users...
- Section 20-1-52 When cosmetics deemed misbranded
(a) A cosmetic shall be deemed misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (2) If it is in package form...
- Section 20-1-54 Effect of possession by manufacturer, etc., of adulterated or misbranded cosmetics
The having in possession of an adulterated or misbranded cosmetic shall be prima facie evidence of having it in possession with the intent to sell...
- Section 20-1-55 Exemption from prosecution of dealers
No dealer shall be prosecuted under this division when he can establish a bona fide guarantee, signed by a reputable wholesaler, jobber, or manufacturer from...
- Section 20-1-56 Construction of division
This division shall be construed to be supplemental to Division 1 of this article, which relates to the regulation of the manufacture, possession, and sale...
- Section 20-1-57 Standards of purity and quality
The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the power to fix the standards of purity and quality of cosmetics.
- Article 3 Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits.
- Section 20-1-70 Short title
This article shall be known as the Bread, Flour, and Cornmeal Enrichment Act.
- Section 20-1-71 Definitions
When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BREAD. Such...
- Section 20-1-72 Applicability of provisions of article
(a) The terms of this article shall not apply to flour, cornmeal, or grits sold to bakers or other commercial secondary processors, if, prior to...
- Section 20-1-73 Minimum requirements as to amounts of vitamins and other ingredients - Cornmeal and grits
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, trade, or offer for sale or trade for human consumption in this...
- Section 20-1-74 Minimum requirements as to amounts of vitamins and other ingredients - Flour
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, trade, or offer for sale or trade for human consumption in this...
- Section 20-1-75 Minimum requirements as to amounts of vitamins and other ingredients - Bread
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, bake, sell, or offer for sale or to receive in interstate shipment for sale for...
- Section 20-1-76 Enrichment of bread
(a) This article requires the enrichment of white bread. (b) The enrichment of bread may be accomplished through the use of enriched flour, enriched yeast,...
- Section 20-1-77 Requirements as to labeling
It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in this state any enriched flour, enriched bread, enriched cornmeal, or enriched grits which fails...
- Section 20-1-78 Powers and duties of State Board of Agriculture and Industries; rules and regulations
(a) The State Board of Agriculture and Industries, as the administrative agency, shall perform all of the following duties: (1) To make, amend, and rescind...
- Article 4 Nuts.
- Section 20-1-90 Sale or offer for sale of infested, mouldy, decayed, etc., pecans, almonds, chestnuts, etc
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association to sell or offer for sale any insect-infested, mouldy, rancid, decayed, decomposed, or...
- Section 20-1-91 Sale or offer for sale of "blow-outs," "pops," "culls," etc
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association to sell or offer for sale for any purpose pecans or any other...
- Section 20-1-92 Requirements as to labeling of packages or containers
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association to sell or offer for sale pecans or any other nuts designated in...
- Section 20-1-93 Adoption of standards and variations or tolerances
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby expressly authorized to adopt and promulgate standards and reasonable variations or tolerances for the sale of...
- Article 5 Oleomargarine.
- Article 6 Mellorine.
- Section 20-1-130 Definitions generally
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1)...
- Section 20-1-131 Purpose of article
The purpose of this article is to authorize and regulate the manufacture and sale of the frozen food product designated as "Mellorine," any other provisions...
- Section 20-1-132 Definition and standards for mellorine
(a) "Mellorine" means a frozen food product consisting primarily of a sweetened combination of edible vegetable or animal fats, milk solids not fat and other...
- Section 20-1-133 Permit required for manufacturing, processing, packaging, sale, etc., of mellorine; application and fee therefor
No person shall operate a plant producing, manufacturing, processing, freezing, or packaging mellorine without a permit from the commissioner to engage in such business. Permits...
- Section 20-1-134 Requirements as to sale generally
Mellorine shall be sold only in factory filled packages of pints, quarts, or half gallon capacity (liquid measure) and shall not be sold or served...
- Section 20-1-135 Requirements as to labeling generally; when package or container deemed misbranded
(a) The container shall be labeled "Mellorine - A Vegetable Oil Product." When mellorine is made with animal fat it shall be labeled "Mellorine -...
- Section 20-1-136 False and misleading advertising
The false and misleading advertising of mellorine is prohibited. An advertisement of mellorine shall be deemed to be false and misleading if in such advertisement...
- Section 20-1-137 Adulteration and misbranding of mellorine, imitations thereof, etc.; sale or offer for sale of adulterated or misbranded mellorine
Any food product containing any food fat as defined in subdivision (3) of Section 20-1-130, which is made in semblance or in imitation of mellorine...
- Article 6A Milk, Milk Products, and Frozen Desserts.
- Section 20-1-140 Definitions
For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) MILK, MILK PRODUCTS, AND...
- Section 20-1-141 Permit required for operation of milk, milk products, or frozen dessert processing plant
Every person who produces milk, milk products, or frozen desserts for sale or consignment or for remuneration of any nature, in a milk, milk products,...
- Section 20-1-142 Inspection of plants; issuance of permit
The State Board of Health shall receive and review each completed application for a permit and shall annually or more often, if required, inspect each...
- Section 20-1-143 Denial of permit renewal and suspension or revocation of permit; appeals
The State Board of Health may deny issuance of renewal of, or it may suspend or revoke a permit issued for flagrant, serious, or continued...
- Section 20-1-144 Violation of article; enforcement
(a) A person who produces milk, milk products, or frozen dessert in a producing plant and sells or offers for sale, consigns or offers for...
- Section 20-1-145 Collected fees and penalties appropriated to board
All fees, fines, penalties, or funds of whatsoever nature collected by the State Board of Health under this article are continuously appropriated to the State...
- Section 20-1-146 Rules and orders for implementation of article provisions
The State Board of Health shall adopt rules and orders as are necessary for implementing the provisions of this article. Where possible, the rules shall...
- Article 7 Identification of Drug Products.
Last modified: May 3, 2021