2010 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 19. HEALTH
328. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
§328-3 Same; misbranding or misleading advertisement.
§328-3 Same; misbranding or misleading advertisement. (a) If an article is alleged to be misbranded because the labeling is misleading, or if an advertisement is alleged to be false because it is misleading, then in determining whether the labeling or advertisement is misleading, there shall be taken into account (among other things) not only representations made or suggested by statement, word, design, device, sound, or in any combination thereof, but also the extent to which the labeling or advertisement fails to reveal facts material in the light of the representations or material with respect to consequences which may result from the use of the article to which the labeling or advertisement relates under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement thereof or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual.
(b) "Advertisement" means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics. [L 1941, c 318, pt of §2; RL 1945, §2203; RL 1955, §51-3; HRS §328-3]
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