Section 20-1-1 Short title; enforcement of chapter. This chapter may be cited as the “Alabama Safe Foods Act of 2000.” The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The administrative and enforcement provisions of Title 2 of this code […]
Section 20-1-2 Adoption of rules and regulations. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter and to make effective its provisions. (Ag. Code 1927, §36; Code 1940, T. 2, §303; Acts 1947, […]
Section 20-1-3 Right of entry by commissioner and agents; authority to take samples, investigate records, etc. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and officers and employees under his supervision or direction shall have authority to enter and inspect any premises or vehicle where any food, drug, or cosmetic regulated by this chapter is manufactured, harvested, […]
Section 20-1-4 Suspension from sale, seizure, and condemnation of articles sold, stored, etc., in violation of chapter. Any food, drug, or cosmetic regulated by this chapter which is found to be manufactured, processed, compounded, refined, packed, packaged, stored, sold, or transported in violation of this chapter shall be subject to suspension from sale, seizure, and […]
Section 20-1-5 Penalty for violations of chapter or orders, rules, or regulations. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any order, rule, or regulation made or promulgated under authority of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense; […]
Section 20-1-6 Nonliability of good faith donors and distributors of canned or perishable food. (a) When used in this section, the words and terms defined in this subsection shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them, unless it clearly appears from the context that some other meaning is indicated: (1) CANNED FOOD. Any food commercially […]
Section 20-1-7 Regulation of nutrition labeling of certain food. (a) The subject matter of the regulation of nutrition labeling of food that is a menu item in restaurants, retail food establishments, and vending machines is reserved to the Legislature and may be regulated only by an act of the Legislature of statewide application enacted after […]
