§ 178. Prescription drugs
(a) Any Pharmacist, when dispensing a prescription, shall indicate on the container, the month, followed by the year, in which the risk of spoilage, loss of value, or loss of effectiveness of the prescription can reasonably be expected to occur. (b) The date required by subsection (a) of this section shall be identical to the […]
§ 173. Prohibited acts
Any person who, by himself or by his employee or agent or as the employee or agent of another person, performs any of the following enumerated acts shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1) Use or have in possession for the purpose of using for any commercial purpose specified in section 158 of this title, […]
§ 174. Injunction
The Director is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and such court upon hearing and for cause shown may grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provisions of this subchapter.
§ 175. Presumptions
Proof of the existence of a weight, measure or a weighing or measuring device in or about any building, enclosure, stand or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is commonly carried on, in the absence of conclusive evidence to the contrary, shall be presumptive proof of the regular […]
§ 176. Certain price increases prohibited
(a) Price increases for consumer goods previously offered for sale to consumers are prohibited. (b) Definitions—as used in this section: (1) “Retail establishment” means a store selling primarily items packaged individually, including food. (2) “Consumer goods” means tangible items that are used or brought for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. (3) “Offered […]
§ 177. Pull dated items
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Food commodity in package form” means a food commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale suitable for either wholesale or retail sale. (2) “Label” means any written, printed, or graphic matter affixed to, applied to, attached to, blown into, formed, molded into, embossed […]
§ 170. Meat, poultry and seafood
Except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, or as one of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere that on the premises where sold, all meat, meat-products, poultry, whole or parts, and all seafood except shellfish, offered or exposed for sale or sold, as food shall be […]
§ 171. Misrepresentations; display of price
(a) Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed or advertised for sale, by weight, measure or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser. Whenever an advertised, posted or labeled price […]
§ 171a. Meters required on trucks transporting and dispensing liquids
All tank trucks used in the transportation and sale of water, petroleum products or any other liquids to United States Virgin Islands’ consumers shall be equipped with meters to accurately measure the number of gallons or other appropriate liquid measure being dispensed to the consumer. Each purchaser of water, petroleum products or other liquid dispensed […]
§ 172. Instruction of enforcement officers
Any person who shall hinder or obstruct in any way the Director, deputy directors or any inspector in the performance of his official duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.