Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 69 Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, And Poisons - Chapter 69.04 Intrastate Commerce In Food, Drugs, And Cosmetics
- 69.04.001 Statement of purpose
This chapter is intended to enact state legislation (1) which safeguards the public health and promotes the public welfare by protecting the consuming public from ...
- 69.04.002 Introductory
For the purposes of this chapter, terms shall apply as herein defined unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.[1945 c 257 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1945 ...
- 69.04.003 "Federal act" defined
The term "federal act" means the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, approved on June 25, 1938. (Title 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.; 52 Stat. ...
- 69.04.004 "Intrastate commerce.
The term "intrastate commerce" means any and all commerce within the state of Washington and subject to the jurisdiction thereof; and includes the operation of ...
- 69.04.005 "Sale.
The term "sale" means any and every sale and includes (1) manufacture, processing, packing, canning, bottling, or any other production, preparation, or putting up; (2) ...
- 69.04.006 "Director.
The term "director" means the director of the department of agriculture of the state of Washington and his duly authorized representatives.[1945 c 257 § 7; ...
- 69.04.007 "Person.
The term "person" includes individual, partnership, corporation, and association.[1945 c 257 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6163-57.] ...
- 69.04.008 "Food.
The term "food" means (1) articles used for food or drink for people or other animals, (2) bottled water, (3) chewing gum, and (4) articles ...
- 69.04.009 "Drugs.
The term "drug" means (1) articles recognized in the official United States pharmacopoeia, official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official national formulary, or ...
- 69.04.010 "Device.
The term "device" (except when used in RCW 69.04.016 and in RCW 69.04.040(10), 69.04.270, 69.04.690, and in RCW 69.04.470 as used in the sentence "(as ...
- 69.04.011 "Cosmetic.
The term "cosmetic" means (1) articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or ...
- 69.04.012 "Official compendium.
The term "official compendium" mean the official United States pharmacopoeia, official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States, official national formulary, or any supplement to any ...
- 69.04.013 "Label.
The term "label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article; and a requirement made by or ...
- 69.04.014 "Immediate container.
The term "immediate container" does not include package liners.[1945 c 257 § 15; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6163-64.] ...
- 69.04.015 "Labeling.
The term "labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers, or ...
- 69.04.016 "Misleading labeling or advertisement," how determined
If any article is alleged to be misbranded because the labeling is misleading, or if an advertisement is alleged to be false because it is ...
- 69.04.017 "Antiseptic" as germicide
The representation of a drug, in its labeling or advertisement, as an antiseptic shall be considered to be a representation that it is a germicide, ...
- 69.04.018 "New drug" defined
The term "new drug" means (1) any drug the composition of which is such that such drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by ...
- 69.04.019 "Advertisement.
The term "advertisement" means all representations, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the ...
- 69.04.020 "Contaminated with filth.
The term "contaminated with filth" applies to any food, drug, device, or cosmetic not securely protected from dust, dirt, and as far as may be ...
- 69.04.021 "Package.
The word "package" shall include, and be construed to include, wrapped meats enclosed in papers or other materials as prepared by the manufacturers thereof for ...
- 69.04.022 "Pesticide chemical.
The term "pesticide chemical" means any substance defined as an economic poison and/or agricultural pesticide in Title 15 RCW as now enacted or hereafter amended.[1963 ...
- 69.04.023 "Raw agricultural commodity.
The term "raw agricultural commodity" means any food in its raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed, colored or otherwise treated in ...
- 69.04.024 "Food additive," "safe.
(1) The term "food additive" means any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in ...
- 69.04.025 "Color additive," "color.
(1) The term "color additive" means a material which (a) is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process of synthesis or similar ...
- 69.04.040 Prohibited acts
The following acts and the causing thereof are hereby prohibited: (1) The sale in intrastate commerce of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is ...
- 69.04.050 Remedy by injunction
(1) In addition to the remedies hereinafter provided the director is hereby authorized to apply to the superior court of Thurston county for, and such ...
- 69.04.060 Criminal penalty for violations
Any person who violates any provision of RCW 69.04.040 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof be subject to the following penalties: ...
- 69.04.070 Additional penalty
Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 69.04.060, a person who violates RCW 69.04.040 with intent to defraud or mislead is guilty of a misdemeanor and the ...
- 69.04.080 Avoidance of penalty
No person shall be subject to the penalties of RCW 69.04.060: (1) For having violated RCW 69.04.040(3), if he establishes that he received and sold ...
- 69.04.090 Liability of disseminator of advertisement
No publisher, radio broadcast licensee, advertising agency, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of ...
- 69.04.100 Condemnation of adulterated or misbranded article
Whenever the director shall find in intrastate commerce an article subject to this chapter which is so adulterated or misbranded that it is unfit or ...
- 69.04.110 Embargo of articles
Whenever the director shall find, or shall have probable cause to believe, that an article subject to this chapter is in intrastate commerce in violation ...
- 69.04.120 Procedure on embargo
When the director has embargoed an article, he or she shall, forthwith and without delay and in no event later than thirty days after the ...
- 69.04.123 Exception to petition requirement under RCW 69.04.120
The director need not petition the superior court as provided for in RCW 69.04.120 if the owner or claimant of such food or food products ...
- 69.04.130 Petitions may be consolidated
Two or more petitions under RCW 69.04.120, which pend at the same time and which present the same issue and claimant hereunder, shall be consolidated ...
- 69.04.140 Claimant entitled to sample
The claimant in any proceeding by petition under RCW 69.04.120 shall be entitled to receive a representative sample of the article subject to such proceeding, ...
- 69.04.150 Damages not recoverable if probable cause existed
No state court shall allow the recovery of damages from administrative action for condemnation under RCW 69.04.100 or for embargo under RCW 69.04.110, if the ...
- 69.04.160 Prosecutions
(1) It shall be the duty of each state attorney, county attorney, or city attorney to whom the director reports any violation of this chapter, ...
- 69.04.170 Minor infractions
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director to report for the institution of proceedings under this chapter, minor violations of this ...
- 69.04.180 Proceedings to be in name of state
All such proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain violations, of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the state of Washington.[1945 ...
- 69.04.190 Standards may be prescribed by regulations
Whenever in the judgment of the director such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, he shall promulgate regulations fixing ...
- 69.04.200 Conformance with federal standards
The definitions and standards of identity, the standards of quality and fill of container, and the label requirements prescribed by regulations promulgated under *this section ...
- 69.04.205 Bacon -- Packaging at retail to reveal quality and leanness
All packaged bacon other than that packaged in cans shall be offered and exposed for sale and sold, within the state of Washington only at ...
- 69.04.206 Bacon -- Rules, regulations and standards -- Withholding packaging use -- Hearing -- Final determination -- Appeal
The director of the department of agriculture is hereby authorized to promulgate rules, regulations, and standards for the implementation of RCW 69.04.205 through 69.04.207. If ...
- 69.04.207 Bacon -- Effective date
RCW 69.04.205 through 69.04.207 shall take effect on January 1, 1972.[1971 c 49 § 3.] ...
- 69.04.210 Food -- Adulteration by poisonous or deleterious substance
A food shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to ...
- 69.04.220 Food -- Adulteration by abstraction, addition, substitution, etc
A food shall be deemed to be adulterated (1) if any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom; or ...
- 69.04.231 Food -- Adulteration by color additive
A food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it is, or it bears or contains a color additive which is unsafe within the meaning ...
- 69.04.240 Confectionery -- Adulteration
A food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it is confectionery and it bears or contains any alcohol from natural or artificial alcohol flavoring ...
- 69.04.245 Poultry -- Improper use of state's geographic outline
Uncooked poultry is deemed to be misbranded if it is produced outside of this state but the label for the poultry contains the geographic outline ...
- 69.04.250 Food -- Misbranding by false label, etc
A food shall be deemed to be misbranded (1) if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; or (2) if it is offered ...
- 69.04.260 Packaged food -- Misbranding
If a food is in package form, it shall be deemed to be misbranded, unless it bears a label containing (1) the name and place ...
- 69.04.270 Food -- Misbranding by lack of prominent label
A food shall be deemed to be misbranded if any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this chapter to appear ...
- 69.04.280 Food -- Misbranding for nonconformity with standard of identity
If a food purports to be or is represented as a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed by regulations ...
- 69.04.290 Food -- Misbranding for nonconformity with standard of quality
If a food purports to be or is represented as a food for which a standard of quality has been prescribed by regulations as provided ...
- 69.04.300 Food -- Misbranding for nonconformity with standard of fill
If a food purports to be or is represented as a food for which a standard or standards of fill of container have been prescribed ...
- 69.04.310 Food -- Misbranding by failure to show usual name and ingredients
If a food is not subject to the provisions of RCW 69.04.280, it shall be deemed to be misbranded unless its label bears (1) the ...
- 69.04.315 Halibut -- Misbranding by failure to show proper name
No person shall label or offer for sale any food fish product designated as halibut, with or without additional descriptive words unless such food fish ...
- 69.04.320 Food -- Misbranding by failure to show dietary properties
If a food purports to be or is represented for special dietary uses, it shall be deemed to be misbranded, unless its label bears such ...
- 69.04.330 Food -- Misbranding by failure to show artificial flavoring, coloring, etc
If a food bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, it shall be deemed to be misbranded unless it bears labeling ...
- 69.04.331 Popcorn sold by theaters or commercial food service establishments -- Misbranded if the use of butter or ingredients of butter-like flavoring not disclosed
(1) If a theater or other commercial food service establishment prepares and sells popcorn for human consumption, the establishment, at the point of sale, shall ...
- 69.04.333 Poultry and poultry products -- Label to indicate if product frozen
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell at retail or display for sale at retail any poultry and poultry products, including turkey, which ...
- 69.04.334 Turkeys -- Label requirement as to grading
No person shall advertise for sale, sell, offer for sale or hold for sale in intrastate commerce any turkey that does not bear a label. ...
- 69.04.335 RCW 69.04.333 and 69.04.334 subject to enforcement and penalty provisions of chapter
The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to the enforcement of RCW 69.04.333 and 69.04.334 and any person violating the provisions of RCW 69.04.333 ...
- 69.04.340 Natural vitamin, mineral, or dietary properties need not be shown
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the labeling or advertising to indicate the natural vitamin, natural mineral, or other natural dietary properties ...
- 69.04.350 Permits to manufacture or process certain foods
Whenever the director finds after investigation that the distribution in intrastate commerce of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with micro-organisms during ...
- 69.04.360 Suspension of permit
The director is authorized to suspend immediately upon notice any permit issued under authority of *this section, if it is found that any of the ...
- 69.04.370 Right of access for inspection
Any officer or employee duly designated by the director shall have access to any factory or establishment, the operator of which holds a permit from ...
- 69.04.380 Food exempt if in transit for completion purposes
Food which is, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at an establishment other than ...
- 69.04.390 Regulations permitting tolerance of harmful matter
Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where such substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided by good ...
- 69.04.392 Regulations permitting tolerance of harmful matter -- Pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities
(1) Any poisonous or deleterious pesticide chemical, or any pesticide chemical which generally is recognized among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate ...
- 69.04.394 Regulations permitting tolerance of harmful matter -- Food additives
(1) A food additive shall, with respect to any particular use or intended use of such additives, be deemed unsafe for the purpose of the ...
- 69.04.396 Regulations permitting tolerance of harmful matter -- Color additives
(1) A color additive shall, with respect to any particular use (for which it is being used or intended to be used or is represented ...
- 69.04.398 Purpose of RCW 69.04.110, 69.04.392, 69.04.394, 69.04.396 -- Uniformity with federal laws and regulations -- Application to production of kosher food products -- Adoption of rules
(1) The purpose of RCW 69.04.110, 69.04.392, 69.04.394, and 69.04.396 is to promote uniformity of state legislation and rules with the Federal Food, Drug and ...
- 69.04.399 Civil penalty for violations of standards for component parts of fluid dairy products adopted under RCW 69.04.398
See RCW 15.36.471. ...
- 69.04.400 Conformance with federal regulations
The regulations promulgated under RCW 69.04.390 shall conform, insofar as practicable, with those promulgated under section 406 of the federal act.[1963 c 198 § 7; ...
- 69.04.410 Drugs -- Adulteration by harmful substances
A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated (1) if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed ...
- 69.04.420 Drugs -- Adulteration for failure to comply with compendium standard
If a drug or device purports to be or is represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in an official compendium, and ...
- 69.04.430 Drugs -- Adulteration for lack of represented purity or quality
If a drug or device is not subject to the provisions of RCW 69.04.420 and its strength differs from, or its purity or quality falls ...
- 69.04.440 Drugs -- Adulteration by admixture or substitution of ingredients
A drug shall be deemed to be adulterated if any substance has been (1) mixed or packed therewith so as to reduce its quality or ...
- 69.04.450 Drugs -- Misbranding by false labeling
A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.[1945 c 257 § 63; Rem. ...
- 69.04.460 Packaged drugs -- Misbranding
If a drug or device is in package form, it shall be deemed to be misbranded unless it bears a label containing (1) the name ...
- 69.04.470 Drugs -- Misbranding by lack of prominent label
A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this chapter ...
- 69.04.480 Drugs -- Misbranding for failure to state content of habit forming drug
A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if it is for use by man and contains any quantity of the narcotic or ...
- 69.04.490 Drugs -- Misbranding by failure to show usual name and ingredients
If a drug is not designated solely by a name recognized in an official compendium it shall be deemed to be misbranded unless its label ...
- 69.04.500 Drugs -- Misbranding by failure to give directions for use and warnings
A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded unless its labeling bears (1) adequate directions for use; and (2) such adequate warnings against ...
- 69.04.510 Drugs -- Misbranding for improper packaging and labeling
A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if it purports to be a drug the name of which is recognized in an ...
- 69.04.520 Drugs -- Misbranding for failure to show possibility of deterioration
If a drug or device has been found by the secretary of agriculture of the United States to be a drug liable to deterioration, it ...
- 69.04.530 Drugs -- Misbranding by misleading representation
A drug shall be deemed to be misbranded if (1) its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading; or (2) if ...
- 69.04.540 Drugs -- Misbranding by sale without prescription of drug requiring it
A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded if it is a drug which by label provides, or which the federal act or ...
- 69.04.550 Drugs exempt if in transit for completion purposes
A drug or device which is, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at an ...
- 69.04.560 Dispensing of certain drugs exempt
A drug dispensed on a written prescription signed by a physician, dentist, or veterinarian (except a drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of ...
- 69.04.565 DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) authorized
Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) may be introduced into intrastate commerce as long as (1) it is manufactured or distributed ...
- 69.04.570 Introduction of new drug
No person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into intrastate commerce any new drug which is subject to section 505 of the federal act unless ...
- 69.04.580 Application for introduction
An application under RCW 69.04.570 shall be filed with the director, and subject to any waiver by the director, shall include (1) full reports of ...
- 69.04.590 Effective date of application
An application filed under RCW 69.04.570 shall become effective on the sixtieth day after the filing thereof, unless the director (1) makes such application effective ...
- 69.04.600 Denial of application
If the director finds, upon the basis of the information before him and after due notice and opportunity for hearing to the applicant, that the ...
- 69.04.610 Revocation of denial
An order refusing to permit an application under RCW 69.04.570 to become effective may be suspended or revoked by the director, for cause and by ...
- 69.04.620 Service of order of denial
Orders of the director issued under RCW 69.04.600 shall be served (1) in person by a duly authorized representative of the director or (2) by ...
- 69.04.630 Drug for investigational use exempt
A drug shall be exempt from the operation of RCW 69.04.570 which is intended, and introduced or delivered for introduction into intrastate commerce, solely for ...
- 69.04.640 Court review of denial
The superior court of Thurston county shall have jurisdiction to review and to affirm, modify, or set aside any order issued under RCW 69.04.600, upon ...
- 69.04.650 Dispensing of certain drugs exempt
A drug dispensed on a written prescription signed by a physician, dentist, or veterinarian (except a drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of ...
- 69.04.660 Federally licensed drugs exempt
The provisions of RCW 69.04.570 shall not apply to any drug which is licensed under the federal virus, serum, and toxin act of July 1, ...
- 69.04.670 Cosmetics -- Adulteration by injurious substances
A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated (1) if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to ...
- 69.04.680 Cosmetics -- Misbranding by false label, etc
A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded (1) if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; or (2) if in package form, ...
- 69.04.690 Cosmetics -- Misbranding by lack of prominent label
A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded (1) if any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this chapter to ...
- 69.04.700 Cosmetics exempt if in transit for completion purposes
A cosmetic which is, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at an establishment other ...
- 69.04.710 Advertisement, when deemed false
An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false, if it is false or misleading in any particular.[1945 c ...
- 69.04.720 Advertising of cure of certain diseases deemed false
The advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, ...
- 69.04.730 Enforcement, where vested -- Regulations
The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter is hereby vested in the director: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the director shall designate ...
- 69.04.740 Regulations to conform with federal regulations
The purpose of this chapter being to promote uniformity of state legislation with the federal act, the director is hereby authorized (1) to adopt, insofar ...
- 69.04.750 Hearings
Hearings authorized or required by this chapter shall be conducted by the director or his duly authorized representative designated for the purpose.[1945 c 257 § ...
- 69.04.761 Hearing on proposed regulation -- Procedure
The director shall hold a public hearing upon a proposal to promulgate any new or amended regulation under this chapter. The procedure to be followed ...
- 69.04.770 Review on petition prior to effective date
The director shall have jurisdiction to review and to affirm, modify, or set aside any order issued under *RCW 69.04.760, promulgating a new or amended ...
- 69.04.780 Investigations -- Samples -- Right of entry -- Verified statements
The director shall cause the investigation and examination of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics subject to this chapter. The director shall have the right (1) ...
- 69.04.790 Owner may obtain part of sample
Where a sample or specimen of any such article is taken for examination under this chapter the director shall, upon request, provide a part thereof ...
- 69.04.800 Access to records of other agencies
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, pertinent records of any administrative agency of the state government shall be open to inspection ...
- 69.04.810 Access to records of intrastate carriers
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, carriers engaged in intrastate commerce, and persons receiving food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in intrastate ...
- 69.04.820 Right of entry to factories, warehouses, vehicles, etc
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the director is authorized (1) to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, or establishment ...
- 69.04.830 Publication of reports of judgments, orders and decrees
The director may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this ...
- 69.04.840 Dissemination of information
The director may cause to be disseminated information regarding food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in situations involving, in the opinion of the director, imminent danger ...
- 69.04.845 Severability -- 1945 c 257
If any provision of this chapter is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the ...
- 69.04.850 Construction -- 1945 c 257
This chapter and the regulations promulgated hereunder shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to secure uniformity with federal acts ...
- 69.04.860 Effective date of chapter -- 1945 c 257
This chapter shall take effect ninety days after the date of its enactment, and all state laws or parts of laws in conflict with this ...
- 69.04.870 Short title
This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Washington Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.[1945 c 257 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6163-50.] ...
- 69.04.880 Civil penalty
Whenever the director finds that a person has committed a violation of a provision of this chapter, the director may impose upon and collect from ...
- 69.04.900 Perishable packaged food -- Pull date labeling -- Definitions
For the purpose of RCW 69.04.900 through 69.04.920: (1) "Perishable packaged food goods" means and includes all foods and beverages, except alcoholic beverages, frozen foods, ...
- 69.04.905 Perishable packaged food -- Pull date labeling -- Required
All perishable packaged food goods with a projected shelf life of thirty days or less, which are offered for sale to the public after January ...
- 69.04.910 Perishable packaged food -- Pull date labeling -- Selling or trading goods beyond pull date -- Repackaging to substitute for original date -- Exception
No person shall sell, trade or barter any perishable packaged food goods beyond the pull date appearing thereon, nor shall any person rewrap or repackage ...
- 69.04.915 Perishable packaged food -- Pull date labeling -- Storage -- Rules and regulations
The director of the department of agriculture shall by rule and regulation establish uniform standards for pull date labeling, and optimum storage conditions of perishable ...
- 69.04.920 Perishable packaged food -- Pull date labeling -- Penalties
Any person convicted of a violation of RCW 69.04.905 or 69.04.910 shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.[1973 1st ex.s. ...
- 69.04.928 Seafood labeling requirements -- Pamphlet -- Direct retail endorsement
The department of agriculture must develop a pamphlet that generally describes the labeling requirements for seafood, as set forth in this chapter, and provide an ...
- 69.04.930 Frozen fish and meat -- Labeling requirements -- Exceptions
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell at retail or display for sale at retail any food fish as defined in RCW 77.08.022 ...
- 69.04.932 Salmon labeling -- Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 69.04.933 through 69.04.935. (1) "Salmon" means all species of the genus ...
- 69.04.933 Salmon labeling -- Identification of species -- Exceptions -- Penalty
With the exception of a commercial fisher engaged in sales of fish to a fish buyer, no person may sell at wholesale or retail any ...
- 69.04.934 Salmon labeling -- Identification as farm-raised or commercially caught -- Exceptions -- Penalty
With the exception of a commercial fisher engaged in sales of fish to a fish buyer, no person may sell at wholesale or retail any ...
- 69.04.935 Salmon labeling -- Rules for identification and enforcement
To promote honesty and fair dealing for consumers, the director, in consultation with the director of the department of fish and wildlife, shall adopt rules: ...
- 69.04.940 Imported lamb products -- Labeling requirements
All retail sales of fresh or frozen lamb products which are imported from another country shall be labelled with the country of origin. For the ...
- 69.04.950 Transport of bulk foods -- Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 69.04.950 through 69.04.980: (1) "Food" means: (a) Any article used for food or drink for humans or ...
- 69.04.955 Transport of bulk foods -- Prohibitions -- Exemption
(1) Except as provided in RCW 69.04.965 and 69.04.975, no person may transport in intrastate commerce food in bulk form in the cargo carrying portion ...
- 69.04.960 Transport of bulk foods -- Compatible substances -- Cleaning vehicle or vessel -- Vehicle or vessel marking
(1) The director of agriculture and the secretary of health shall jointly adopt by rule: (a) A list of food compatible substances other than food ...
- 69.04.965 Transport of bulk foods -- Transports not constituting violations
Transporting food as cargo in bulk form in intrastate commerce in a vehicle or vessel that has previously been used to transport in bulk form ...
- 69.04.970 Transport of bulk foods -- Substances rendering vehicle or vessel permanently unsuitable for bulk food transport -- Procedures to rehabilitate vehicles and vessels
The director of agriculture and the secretary of health shall jointly adopt by rule: (1) A list of substances which, if transported in bulk form ...
- 69.04.975 Transport of bulk foods -- Rehabilitation of vehicles and vessels -- Inspection -- Certification -- Marking -- Costs
A vehicle or vessel that has been used to transport a substance other than food or a substance contained on the lists adopted by the ...
- 69.04.980 Transport of bulk foods -- Penalties
A person who knowingly transports a cargo in violation of RCW 69.04.955 or who knowingly causes a cargo to be transported in violation of RCW ...
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