2022 Revised Code of Washington
Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons
Chapter 69.04 - Intrastate Commerce in Drugs and Cosmetics.
69.04.480 - Drugs—Misbranding for failure to state content of habit forming drug.

RCW 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 human beings and contains any quantity of the narcotic or hypnotic substance alpha eucaine, barbituric acid, beta eucaine, bromal, cannabis, as that term is defined in RCW 69.50.101, carbromal, chloral, coca, cocaine, codeine, heroin, morphine, opium, paraldehyde, peyote, or sulphomethane; or any chemical derivative of such substance, which derivative has been designated as habit forming by regulations promulgated under section 502(d) of the federal act; unless its label bears the name and quantity or proportion of such substance or derivative and in juxtaposition therewith the statement "Warning—May be habit forming."

[ 2022 c 16 § 47; 2009 c 549 § 1023; 1945 c 257 § 66; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6163-115. Prior: 1923 c 36 § 2; 1907 c 211 § 4.]

NOTES:

Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.

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