§ 20-56-214. False or misleading advertisement
(a) An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular. (b) (1) (A) For the purpose of this subchapter, the advertisement of a drug or device shall also be deemed to be false if the advertisement represents the drug or […]
§ 20-56-215. Prohibited acts
The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of Arkansas are prohibited: (1) The manufacture or sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated, misbranded, or abandoned; (2) The adulteration, misbranding, or abandoning of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic; (3) The receipt in […]
§ 20-56-216. Adulterated, misbranded, or abandoned food, drug, device, or cosmetic — Procedures
(a) (1) Whenever an authorized agent of the State Board of Health finds or has probable cause to believe that any food, drug, device, or cosmetic is adulterated, so misbranded, or abandoned as to be dangerous or fraudulent within the meaning of this subchapter, he or she shall affix to the article a tag or […]
§ 20-56-217. Contamination with microorganisms
(a) Whenever the State Board of Health finds after investigation that the distribution in Arkansas of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health and that the injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after the articles have entered commerce, […]
§ 20-56-218. Poisonous or deleterious substance — Rules for use
(a) Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where the substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, shall be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of § 20-56-208(2), but when the substance is so required or cannot be so avoided, the […]
§ 20-56-219. State Board of Health — Authority to regulate
(a) (1) The authority to promulgate rules for the efficient enforcement of this subchapter is vested in the State Board of Health. (2) The board is authorized to make the rules promulgated under this subchapter conform, insofar as practicable, with those promulgated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (b) (1) Before promulgating any […]
§ 20-56-220. State Board of Health — Inspection
(a) The State Board of Health or its authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which foods, drugs, devices, or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into commerce or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such foods, drugs, […]
§ 20-56-205. Penalties — Exceptions
(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for such offense shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or shall be sentenced to not more than one (1) year’s imprisonment, or both fine and imprisonment, in the […]
§ 20-56-221. State Board of Health — Publication and dissemination of information
(a) The State Board of Health may cause reports to be published summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this subchapter, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. (b) The board may also cause to be disseminated such information regarding food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics as the […]
§ 20-56-201. Title
This subchapter may be cited as the “Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act”.