Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 4, Chapter 56, Subchapter 2 - Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

• § 20-56-201 - Title.
  This subchapter may be cited as the "Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act".
• § 20-56-202 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) The term "board" means the State Board of Health; (2) The term "person"...
• § 20-56-203 - Applicability.
  The provisions of this subchapter regarding the selling of food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics shall be considered to include the manufacture, production, processing, packing,...
• § 20-56-204 - Notice of Minor Violations.
  Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as requiring the State Board of Health to report for the institution of proceedings under this subchapter...
• § 20-56-205 - Penalties -- Exceptions.
  (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for such offense shall, upon...
• § 20-56-206 - Duty of Prosecuting Attorney.
  It shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney to whom the State Board of Health reports any violation of this subchapter to cause...
• § 20-56-207 - Injunctions Authorized.
  In addition to the remedies provided in § 20-56-205, the State Board of Health is authorized to apply to the proper circuit court for,...
• § 20-56-208 - Adulterated Food.
  A food shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) (A) If the food bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render...
• § 20-56-209 - Misbranded Food.
  A food shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (2) If it is offered...
• § 20-56-210 - Adulterated Drug or Device.
  A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) (A) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid,...
• § 20-56-211 - Misbranded Drug or Device.
  A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (2) If in...
• § 20-56-212 - Adulterated Cosmetic.
  A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious...
• § 20-56-213 - Misbranded Cosmetic.
  A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (2) If in package form...
• § 20-56-214 - False or Misleading Advertisement.
  (a) An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any...
• § 20-56-215 - Prohibited Acts.
  The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of Arkansas are prohibited: (1) The manufacture or sale, delivery, holding, or offering for...
• § 20-56-216 - Adulterated, Misbranded, or Abandoned Food, Drug, Device, or Cosmetic -- Procedures.
  (a) (1) Whenever an authorized agent of the State Board of Health finds or has probable cause to believe that any food, drug, device,...
• § 20-56-217 - Contamination With Microorganisms.
  (a) Whenever the State Board of Health finds after investigation that the distribution in Arkansas of any class of food may, by reason of...
• § 20-56-218 - Poisonous or Deleterious Substance -- Regulations for Use.
  (a) Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where the substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided...
• § 20-56-219 - State Board of Health -- Authority to Regulate.
  (a) (1) The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this subchapter is vested in the State Board of Health. (2) The...
• § 20-56-220 - State Board of Health -- Inspection.
  (a) The State Board of Health or its authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse, or establishment...
• § 20-56-221 - State Board of Health -- Publication and Dissemination of Information.
  (a) The State Board of Health may cause reports to be published summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under...
• § 20-56-222 - State Board of Health -- Enforcement of Subchapter.
  (a) The enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter and all acts ancillary to it shall be the duty of the Division of Environmental...
• § 20-56-223 - State Board of Health -- Enforcement of Federal Law.
  The State Board of Health is authorized to confer and cooperate with the Food and Drug Administration in the enforcement of the Federal Food,...

Last modified: November 15, 2016