65-663. Same; regulations prescribing definitions and standards of identity for food.
65-663
65-663. Same; regulations prescribing definitions and standards ofidentity for food.Whenever in the judgment of the secretary such action will promotehonesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the secretary shallpromulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food or class offood a reasonable definition and standard of identity, and/or reasonablestandard of quality and/or fill of container. In prescribing a definitionand standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optionalingredients are permitted, the secretary shall, for the purpose ofpromoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designatethe optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definitionsand standards so promulgated shall conform so far as practicable to thedefinitions and standards promulgated under authority of the federal act.
History: L. 1953, ch. 286, § 9; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 104; July 1.