2015 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 39 - FOOD AND DRUGS
Chapter 01 - Enforcement Powers And General Provisions
§ 39-1-5 Standards for foods--Conformity to federal standards--Nonconforming foods deemed adulterated or misbranded.
39-1-5. Standards for foods--Conformity to federal standards--Nonconforming foods deemed adulterated or misbranded.
The secretary of agriculture, the secretary of public safety, or the secretary of environment and natural resources when performing the functions described in § 39-1-1.1, may, when in his judgment such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, adopt rules establishing for any food, under its common or usual name so far as practicable, a reasonable standard of identity and purity. If a standard for a food has been established by the administrator of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, the secretary of agriculture, the secretary of public safety, or the secretary of environment and natural resources shall adopt that standard for this state. The standards shall become effective in conformity with chapter 1-26. An article of food which does not conform to such standards is adulterated or misbranded as the case may be.
Source: SDC 1939, § 22.0102 as added by SL 1949, ch 81, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 22.0102 (1); SL 1987, ch 29, § 68; SL 2004, ch 17, § 281; SL 2015, ch 277 (Ex. Ord. 15-1), § 41, eff. Apr. 20, 2015.
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