R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-6 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-6
§ 21-31-6. Embargoed articles  Condemnation and destruction.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a duly authorized agent of the director of health finds or has probable cause to believe that any food, drug, device, or cosmetic is adulterated, or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent, within the meaning of this chapter, the agent shall affix to that article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that the article is, or is suspected of being, adulterated or misbranded and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of the article by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given by the agent or the court. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of a detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without permission.

(b) When an article detained or embargoed under subsection (a) of this section has been found by the agent to be adulterated or misbranded, the agent shall petition the proper judge of the court in whose jurisdiction the article is detained or embargoed for a label for condemnation of the article. When the agent has found that an article so detained or embargoed is not adulterated or misbranded, he or she shall remove the tag or other marking.

(c) If the court finds that a detained or embargoed article is adulterated or misbranded, the article shall, after entry of the decree, be destroyed at the expense of the claimant of the article, under the supervision of the agent, and all court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be taxed against the claimant of the article or the claimants agent; provided, that when the adulteration or misbranding can be corrected by proper labeling or processing of the article, the court, after entry of the decree and after costs, fees, and expenses have been paid and a good and sufficient bond, conditioned that the article shall be so labeled or processed, has been executed, may by order direct that the article be delivered to the claimant of it for labeling or processing under the supervision of an agent of the director of health. The expense of the supervision shall be paid by the claimant. The article shall be returned to the claimant of the article on representation to the court by the director of health that the article is no longer in violation of this chapter, and that the expenses of the supervision have been paid.

(d) Whenever the director of health or any of the directors authorized agents shall find in any room, building, vehicle of transportation, or other structure, any meat, sea food, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable articles which are unsound, or contain any filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance, or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe, it being hereby declared to be a nuisance, the director of health or the directors authorized agent shall immediately condemn or destroy it, or in any other manner render it unsalable as human food.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-11.11 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-27 / Section 21-27-11.11
§ 21-27-11.11. Administrative fines.
Status: in_force

The division, after due notice and after opportunity for a hearing, shall have the right to levy administrative fines of up to five hundred dollars ($500) against any manager certified in food safety or food establishment who violates the provisions of the rules and regulations governing food establishments.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-1-4 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-1 / Section 21-1-4
§ 21-1-4. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The director shall, after a public hearing following due notice to interested parties, promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter for the storing and transportation of frozen food, including temperature control, sanitation, and other matters, in accordance with recognized standards necessary for the protection of public health and the preservation of frozen food in wholesome condition.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-12 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-12
§ 21-2-12. Revocation of permits.
Status: in_force

In the event that any permittee shall be deemed by the director to have violated any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the regulations promulgated under this chapter, or of the terms of § 21-4.1-6, he or she may, in his or her discretion, initiate proceedings for the revocation of the permit of the permittee. The director shall give the permittee twenty (20) days written notice of a hearing at which the permittee shall be given opportunity to show cause as to why his or her permit shall not be revoked. The director may, at the hearing, have the assistance of counsel in ruling upon evidence and in connection with the conduct of the hearing, or, in the alternative, the hearing may be conducted by a subordinate designated by the director for that purpose, who shall take a written record of the proceedings by a competent court stenographer, and the director may decide the issues arising at the hearing upon the basis of the written record. Any decision on the revocation of any permit shall be made by the director in writing by filing his or her written decision containing his or her findings of fact and conclusions in his or her office and serving a copy by registered or certified mail of his or her decision in the matter on the permittee.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-23-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-23 / Section 21-23-3
§ 21-23-3. Suspension or revocation of permits.
Status: in_force

Permits granted under this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the department of health for violation of any provision of this chapter or the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter or of chapter 27 of this title or chapter 31 of this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-21-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-21 / Section 21-21-1
§ 21-21-1. Olive oil defined.
Status: in_force

Olive oil, means the pale yellowish or yellowish green nondrying oil expressed from ripe olives and used or sold or offered for sale as a salad oil, in cooking, or as a lubricant or in illumination.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-33-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-33 / Section 21-33-1
§ 21-33-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) Packaged bakery product when used in this chapter means a packaged bakery or bakery-type product, consisting of flour and other ingredients having a normal shelf life as established by the manufacturer or distributor of sixty (60) days or less. The term shall not include frozen or canned products or foods that are or may be baked as part of a cooking or preparation procedure.

(b) Pull date as used in this chapter is the final date or day as established by the packer or manufacturer upon which a packaged bakery product may be sold, except as provided in § 21-33-3.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-44 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-44
§ 21-2-44. State statutory provisions and rules paramount to local.
Status: in_force

Whenever there is any provision of this chapter or any other statute defining a particular kind, type, or grade of milk or milk product or setting forth requirements as to the chemical or bacteriological components, standards, or requirements for that kind, type, or grade of milk or milk product, or specifying standards or methods for the processing, treatment, or packaging or labeling of the milk or milk product, or when the director shall have lawfully established a definition or requirements by regulation, the provisions of that chapter, statute, or regulation shall supersede any definition or requirements for it which may be contained in any city or town ordinance or in the regulations of any city or town office or department, whether made under a statute or an ordinance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-30-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-30 / Section 21-30-1
§ 21-30-1. Distribution in streets or from house to house prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person shall, by himself or herself or by his or her servant or agent, sell, distribute, or give away in any street or highway or from house to house any bottle, box, envelope, or package containing any liquid medicine or any pills, powder, tablets, or other article which contains any drug or poison; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person acting as a member, officer, or agent of any pharmaceutical house in the distribution of samples of its products to physicians. Any person, whether acting for himself or herself or for another, or as member, officer, or agent of any partnership or corporation, who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-21-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-21 / Section 21-21-3
§ 21-21-3. Penalties for misrepresentation  Confiscation  Evidence  Action on contract.
Status: in_force

Every person, firm, or corporation who as principal or by servant or agent shall have in his or her or its possession or who shall pack, label, and distribute to be sold or shall offer for sale any can, jar, package, or other container which is stamped or labeled or which is caused to be stamped or labeled as containing pure olive oil, which stamp or label falsely represents the olive oil to be pure when it has been mixed or packed with cotton seed oil or other substance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for the first and second offense shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), and for the third and each subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment for thirty (30) days or by both fine and imprisonment, and the olive oil shall be confiscated and shall become the property of the state for final distribution; and on trial of the offense proof of the possession, packing, labeling, or distributing to be sold or offering for sale, shall be evidence of knowledge of the character of the article possessed, packed, labeled, and distributed for sale or offered for sale and of knowledge that it was not pure olive oil as required by § 21-21-2. No action shall be maintained in any court of this state to recover on any contract for packing, labeling, and distributing for sale of olive oil so misrepresented as being pure olive oil as required by this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-17-9 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-17 / Section 21-17-9
§ 21-17-9. Enforcement  Appropriations.
Status: in_force

The director of environmental management shall administer and enforce the provisions of §§ 21-17-1  21-17-10, and shall make suitable regulations to carry out the administration and enforcement. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of §§ 21-17-1  21-17-10.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-13-5 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-13 / Section 21-13-5
§ 21-13-5. Hearing on regulations.
Status: in_force

Before establishing the regulations as provided for in § 21-13-4, the director shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be given in a newspaper of statewide circulation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-11-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-11 / Section 21-11-3
§ 21-11-3. License required for processing and packing houses.
Status: in_force

No person, firm, association, or corporation shall operate within this state any establishment for the purpose of slaughtering any animal for human consumption, or for canning, curing, smoking, salting, packing, rendering, or handling the carcass of any animal or part of the carcass, or for the manufacturing of any meat product or meat food product, until that person, firm, association, or corporation shall have obtained a license from the department of health. This section shall not apply to a retail market offering for sale only those primal parts commonly known in the trade as sides, quarters, shoulders, hams, backs, bellies, tongues, livers, or similar parts, or meat, meat products, or meat food products, which have been obtained from the establishment of a person, firm, association, or corporation licensed in accordance with provisions of this section, nor to any retail market where meat processing consists solely of grinding meat for sale on the premises.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-22-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-22 / Section 21-22-3
§ 21-22-3. Metallic salts  Mineral acids.
Status: in_force

All vinegars shall be without any metallic salts of arsenic, lead, copper, tin, or zinc, or any sulphuric, hydrochloric, nitric, or other mineral acid injurious to health; and if any vinegar contains any metallic salts of arsenic, lead, copper, tin, or zinc, or any sulphuric, hydrochloric, nitric, or other mineral acid injurious to health, it shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-17-12 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-17 / Section 21-17-12
§ 21-17-12. Labeling of cold storage eggs.
Status: in_force

Whenever cold storage eggs are sold at wholesale or retail, or offered or exposed for sale, the case, package, box, or other container in which the eggs are placed or delivered shall be marked plainly and conspicuously with the words cold storage eggs, or there shall be attached to the container a placard or sign having on it those words. If cold storage eggs are sold at retail or offered or exposed for sale without a container or placed upon a counter or elsewhere, a sign or placard having the words cold storage eggs plainly and conspicuously marked upon it shall be displayed in, upon, or immediately above the eggs; the display of the words cold storage eggs as required by this chapter shall be in letters not less than one inch (1") in height and shall be done in the manner that is approved by the department of health.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-5-9 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-5 / Section 21-5-9
§ 21-5-9. Rules and regulations as to weighing and testing.
Status: in_force

The director may make any rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, that in his or her judgment may be helpful in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and for the purpose of insuring accuracy in the weighing, sampling, and testing of milk, cream, and milk products within the state of Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-6.1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-27 / Section 21-27-6.1
§ 21-27-6.1. Farm home food manufacture.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, the department of health shall permit farm home food manufacture and the sale of the products of farm home food manufacture at farmers markets, farmstands, and other markets and stores operated by farmers for the purpose of the retail sale of the products of Rhode Island farms, provided that the requirements of this section are met.

(1) The farm home food products shall be produced in a kitchen that is on the premises of a farm and meets the standards for kitchens as provided for in minimum housing standards, adopted pursuant to chapter 24.2 of title 45 and the Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code, adopted pursuant to chapter 24.3 of title 45, and in addition the kitchen shall:

(i) Be equipped at minimum with either a two (2) compartment sink or a dishwasher that reaches one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150Â° F) after the final rinse and drying cycle and a one compartment sink;

(ii) Have sufficient area or facilities, such as portable dish tubs and drain boards, for the proper handling of soiled utensils prior to washing and of cleaned utensils after washing so as not to interfere with safe food handling; equipment, utensils, and tableware shall be air dried;

(iii) Have drain boards and food preparation surfaces that shall be of a nonabsorbent, corrosion resistant material such as stainless steel, formica or other chip resistant, nonpitted surface;

(iv) Have self-closing doors for bathrooms that open directly into the kitchen;

(v) If farm is on private water supply it must be tested once per year.

(2) The farm home food products are prepared and produced ready for sale under the following conditions:

(i) Pets are kept out of food preparation and food storage areas at all times;

(ii) Cooking facilities shall not be used for domestic food purposes while farm home food products are being prepared;

(iii) Garbage is placed and stored in impervious covered receptacles before it is removed from the kitchen, which removal shall be at least once each day that the kitchen is used for farm home food manufacture;

(iv) Any laundry facilities which may be in the kitchen shall not be used during farm home food manufacture;

(v) Recipe(s) for each farm home food product with all the ingredients and quantities listed, and processing times and procedures, are maintained in the kitchen for review and inspection;

(vi) List ingredients on product;

(vii) Label with farm name, address and telephone number.

(3) Farm home food manufacture shall be limited to the production of nonpotentially hazardous food and foods that do not require refrigeration, including:

(i) Jams, jellies, preserves and acid foods, such as vinegars, that are prepared using fruits, vegetables and/or herbs that have been grown locally;

(ii) Double crust pies that are made with fruit grown locally;

(iii) Yeast breads;

(iv) Maple syrup from the sap of trees on the farm or of trees within a twenty (20) mile radius of the farm;

(v) Candies and fudges;

(vi) Dried herbs and spices.

(4) Each farm home kitchen shall be registered with the department of health and shall require a notarized affidavit of compliance, in any form that the department may require, from the owner of the farm that the requirements of this section have been met and the operation of the kitchen shall be in conformity with the requirements of this section. A certificate of registration shall be issued by the department upon the payment of a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 and the submission of an affidavit of compliance. The certificate of registration shall be valid for one year after the date of issuance; provided, however, that the certificate may be revoked by the director at any time for noncompliance with the requirements of the section. The certificate of registration, with a copy of the affidavit of compliance, shall be kept in the kitchen where the farm home food manufacture takes place. The director of health shall have the authority to develop and issue a standard form for the affidavit of compliance to be used by persons applying for a certificate of registration; the form shall impose no requirements or certifications beyond those set forth in this section and § 21-27-1(8). No certificates of registration shall be issued by the department prior to September 1, 2002.

(5) Income from farm home food manufacture shall not be included in the calculation of farm income for the purposes of obtaining an exemption from the sales and use tax pursuant to § 44-18-30(32), nor shall any equipment, utensils, or supplies acquired for the purpose of creating or operating farm home food manufacture be exempt from the sales and use tax as provided for in § 44-18-30(32).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-35-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-35 / Section 21-35-1
§ 21-35-1. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

It is found that the state of Rhode Island is in need of a regulatory format for the sale of home food service plans to ensure that consumers receive straightforward and informative disclosure as to the identity, quantity, weight and price of their purchase, while also assuring that those within the industry have a clear understanding of what they are required to disclose to a consumer. Disclosure by a simple one page written agreement which shows the price of the food and nonfood items, the price of the service charge and the total price of the plan, along with the document disclosing both a unit price and the item price should provide the consumer with significant and useful information. That information will permit consumers to judge whether or not the price of the food offered for sale is what they want to pay, whether the cost of the services associated with the plan is what they want to pay and whether the total price of the plan is what they want to pay, and thus allow for an informed consumer value decision to be made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-15-2 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-15 / Section 21-15-2
§ 21-15-2. Packers bond.
Status: in_force

Every packer shall give bond to the city or town treasurer of the city or town in which the packer shall be appointed, in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with sufficient surety or sureties to the satisfaction of the city or town treasurer, for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-5-13 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-5 / Section 21-5-13
§ 21-5-13. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

When prosecuting any complaint under any provision of this chapter, the director and his or her deputies and assistants shall not be required to give surety for costs or enter into any recognizance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-16.1_21-31-16.1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-16.1_21-31-16.1
§ 21-31-16.1. Substitution of generic drugs and biological products. [Effective until January 1, 2026.]21-31-16.1. Substitution of generic drugs, biological products, devices and supplies, and therapeutically equivalent products by a pharmacist. [Effective January 1, 2026.]
Status: in_force

(a) Drug product selection. The director shall permit substitution of less expensive generic, chemical, or brand-name drugs and pharmaceuticals, excluding biological products, considered by the director as therapeutically equivalent and interchangeable with specific, brand-name drugs and pharmaceuticals, if they are found to be in compliance with § 21-31-16 and standards set forth by the United States Food and Drug Administration under §§ 505 and 507 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 355 and 357. The director shall consider, but not be limited to, the determination of the United States Food and Drug Administration, or its successor agency, as published under §§ 505 and 507 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The director shall provide for the distribution of copies of lists of prescription drug products that the director deems, after evaluation, not to be therapeutically equivalent, and revisions to the lists, among physicians and pharmacists licensed and actively engaged in practice within the state, and other appropriate individuals, and shall supply a copy to any person on request. The list shall be revised from time to time so as to include new, pertinent information on approved prescription-drug products, reflecting current information as to standards for quality, safety, effectiveness, and therapeutic equivalence.

(b) Appropriations. The director shall provide necessary space, personnel, and material to carry out the provisions of this section.

(c) Liability. There shall be no civil liability incurred, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise, against the director, designated agents, or employees, as a result of the listing or omission of drugs or pharmaceuticals or biological products for product selection.

(d) Annual reports. The director shall make annual reports to the general assembly by February 10 of each year showing a list of approved prescription-drug products with therapeutic equivalence and approved prescription interchangeable biological products, and an estimate of the average savings to the general public.

(e) Pharmacists. When a pharmacist dispenses a therapeutically equivalent drug product or interchangeable biological product, there shall be no additional liability imposed on the prescriber who authorizes that product selection, or on the pharmacist dispensing the product selection from a physicians oral or written order.

(f) Enforcement provisions. It is made the duty of the department of health, its agents designated by the director of health, and of all peace officers within the state to enforce all provisions of this section and of §§ 5-19.1-19, 5-37-18  5-37-18.2, and 21-31-3.

(g) Biological-product selection. The director shall permit substitution of a less-expensive biological product, as defined in § 5-19.1-2, for a prescribed biological product only if said less-expensive biological product is an interchangeable biological product as defined in § 5-19.1-2. The director shall maintain on the Rhode Island state department of health website, a link to the current list of each biological product determined by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be an interchangeable biological product.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-26-4 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-26 / Section 21-26-4
§ 21-26-4. Sale of adulterated articles.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall sell saleratus, bicarbonate of soda, or cream of tartar which has been adulterated and thereby rendered an impure article, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00), together with the cost of testing and analyzing the impure article; one-half (Â½) of the fine to the use of the city or town where the sale shall be made, and one-half (Â½) of the fine, together with the cost of testing and analyzing the impure article, to the use of the person who shall sue for it.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-15-9 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-15 / Section 21-15-9
§ 21-15-9. Number two mackerel.
Status: in_force

Mackerel being not less than eleven inches (11"), measured as provided in § 21-15-7, free from rust, taint, or damage, and that shall count not more than three hundred fifty (350) fish to the barrel, shall be branded Number two.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-13-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-13 / Section 21-13-1
§ 21-13-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:

(1) Director means the director of health or his or her duly authorized agent.

(2) Person means the state, any municipality, political subdivision, institution, public or private corporation, individual partnership, or other entity.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-19-4 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-19 / Section 21-19-4
§ 21-19-4. Marking of containers and display racks and bins.
Status: in_force

Every shipment, package, or container, containing potatoes which are packed, sold, distributed, or offered or exposed for sale or distribution in the state by any person shall be plainly and conspicuously marked with the name and address of the packer, or the person by whose authority the potatoes are packed or distributed, the net weight, and the proper grade of the potatoes contained in it. The party possessing the potatoes at any time shall be deemed responsible for the proper marking of the potatoes. On display racks or bins from which potatoes are sold in retail quantities, the proper grade must be plainly and conspicuously shown, but the provisions as to markings of name and address of the person by whose authority the potatoes were packed shall not apply.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-23-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-23 / Section 21-23-1
§ 21-23-1. Bottlers permits required for manufacture or sale.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to manufacture or bottle for sale or to sell or offer for sale any carbonated or nonalcoholic beverage, soda water, fruit juice, syrup, bottled drinking water either plain or carbonated, or any other so-called soft drink, without a permit from the department of health. No carbonated or nonalcoholic beverage, soda water, fruit juice, syrup, bottled drinking water either plain or carbonated, or any other so-called soft drink, which has been manufactured outside of this state shall be sold or offered for sale within this state unless the person, firm, or corporation manufacturing or bottling it for sale shall hold a permit to do so from the department of health. The permit shall be known as a bottlers permit and the person, firm, or corporation receiving the permit shall be known as the bottler.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-16 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-16
§ 21-31-16. Sale of new drugs  Regulations and procedure  Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale, or give away any new drug unless: (1) an application with respect to the new drug has become effective under § 505 of the Federal Act, 21 U.S.C. § 355; or (2) when not subject to the Federal Act unless the drug has been tested and has not been found to be unsafe for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling of it, and prior to selling or offering for sale the drug, there has been filed with the director of health an application setting forth: (i) full reports of investigations which have been made to show whether or not the drug is safe for use; (ii) a full list of the articles used as components of the drug; (iii) a full statement of the composition of the drug; (iv) a full description of the methods used in, and the facilities and controls used for, the manufacture, processing, and packing of the drug; (v) any samples of the drug and of the articles used as components of it that the director of health may require; and (vi) specimens of the labeling proposed to be used for the drug.

(b) An application provided for in subdivision (a)(2) of this section shall become effective on the sixtieth (60th) day after the filing of it, except that if the director of health finds after due notice to the applicant and giving the applicant an opportunity for a hearing that the drug is not safe for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in its proposed labeling, the director shall, prior to the effective date of the application, issue an order refusing to permit the application to become effective.

(c) This section shall not apply:

(1) To a drug intended solely for investigational use by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to investigate the safety in drugs provided the drug is plainly labeled For investigational use only;

(2) To a drug sold in this state at any time prior to the enactment of this chapter or introduced into interstate commerce at any time prior to the enactment of the Federal Act; or

(3) To any drug licensed under 42 U.S.C. § 262.

(d) An order refusing to permit an application under this section to become effective may be revoked by the director of health.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-27 / Section 21-27-3
§ 21-27-3. Sanitary regulations.
Status: in_force

The director shall adopt any regulations relating to sanitation that he or she may deem advisable with reference to any food business and with reference to the premises, property, equipment, and utensils used in connection with any food business.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-24-4 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-24 / Section 21-24-4
§ 21-24-4. Enforcement of provisions.
Status: in_force

Enforcement of this chapter shall be in accordance with the provisions of §§ 23-1-20  23-1-24.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-19-8 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-19 / Section 21-19-8
§ 21-19-8. Hearings on violations.
Status: in_force

When the director of environmental management learns of any violation of any provisions of this chapter, he or she may cause notice of the violation, together with the copy of his or her findings, to be given to the person or persons concerned. Persons notified may be given a hearing under rules and regulations prescribed by the director. Notice of the hearings shall declare the date, hour, and place of the hearing.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-33-2 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-33 / Section 21-33-2
§ 21-33-2. Pull date to be displayed.
Status: in_force

No packaged bakery product shall be sold in this state unless the pull date of the product shall appear in a conspicuous place upon the package in which it is sold.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-20-6 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-20 / Section 21-20-6
§ 21-20-6. Penalty for violations.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any provision of § 21-20-5 or any rule or regulation of the director of environmental management made pursuant to that section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) or be imprisoned for a term of three (3) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-35-5 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-35 / Section 21-35-5
§ 21-35-5. Adoption of regulations.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 13.1 of title 6 to implement the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-43 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-43
§ 21-2-43. Enforcement of chapter.
Status: in_force

The director is authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-24 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-24
§ 21-31-24. Drug disposal.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general or public laws to the contrary, any city or town may authorize the use of its police department to display a container suitable for use as a receptacle for used, expired, or unwanted drugs or drug products. The receptacle shall only permit the deposit of items, and the contents shall be locked and secured. The container shall be accessible to the public and shall have posted clearly legible signage indicating that expired or unwanted drugs or drug products may be disposed of in the receptacle.

(b) The used, expired, or unwanted drugs or drug products disposed of under this section shall not include any controlled substance, as defined in § 21-28-2.08, except as permitted under federal law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-8 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-8
§ 21-31-8. Notice of minor violations  Warnings.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director of health to report for the institution of proceedings under this chapter minor violations of this chapter, whenever the director of health believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-18-8 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-18 / Section 21-18-8
§ 21-18-8. Penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

Whoever himself or herself or by servant or agent misbrands apples within the meaning of this chapter, or packs, sells, distributes, or offers or exposes for sale or distribution apples which are misbranded, or apples in closed or open packages so packed that the faced or shown surface gives a false representation of the contents of the package, or packs, sells, distributes, or offers or exposes for sale or distribution, apples in violation of any provision of this chapter, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and for a subsequent offense by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), or be imprisoned for a term of three (3) months, or both the fine and imprisonment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-3
§ 21-2-3. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) Cream means the liquid milk product high in fat from milk, which may have been adjusted by adding to it: milk, concentrated milk, dry whole milk, skim milk, or nonfat dry milk.

(b) Director means the director of the department of health, unless otherwise specified.

(c) Goat milk is the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of healthy goats. The word milk is interpreted to include goat milk.

(d) Grade A means milk, cream, and products of milk and cream, that comply with the applicable provisions of regulations established by the director.

(e) Milk means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by complete milking of one or more healthy cows. Milk that is in final package form for beverage use shall contain not less than eight and one-fourth percent (8.25%) milk solids not fat and not less than three and one-fourth percent (3.25%) milk fat. Milk may have been adjusted by separating part of the milk fat from it or by adding cream, concentrated milk, dry whole milk, skim milk, concentrated skim milk, or nonfat dry milk to it. The milk may be homogenized.

(f) Raw milk for pasteurization means grade A milk for pasteurization and raw products of milk that comply with the sanitary standards for their production, transportation, receiving, handling, storage, processing, distribution, and sale as established by the director.

(g) Raw milk cheese means any cheese manufactured from raw milk that meets United States food and drug administration (USFDA) standards for cheeses set forth in 21 C.F.R. 133 and has not undergone the process of pasteurization and that contains, as appropriate for the cheese, generally recognized as safe (GRAS) and suitable ingredients as defined in 21 C.F.R. 184.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-17-6 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-17 / Section 21-17-6
§ 21-17-6. Use of terms importing freshness.
Status: in_force

The terms fresh eggs, strictly fresh eggs, new-laid eggs, or words or descriptions of similar import shall not be used in connection with the sale or offering for sale or advertising for sale of eggs in Rhode Island that do not meet the minimum requirements for Rhode Island consumer grade A or better.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-24-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-24 / Section 21-24-1
§ 21-24-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) Department means the department of health.

(b) Director means the director of health.

(c) Person means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, or any group of persons whether incorporated or not, engaged in the commercial manufacture or sale of flour, white bread, or rolls.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-6 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-27 / Section 21-27-6
§ 21-27-6. Businesses exempt.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to those activities of food business which are licensed and regulated in accordance with the provisions of this title; provided, that retail food businesses and food vending machines limited solely to selling or dispensing ice and/or non-perishable foods, including, but not limited to, gumballs, unopened bottled or canned beverages, and prepackaged candy, nuts, gum, popcorn, chips, pretzels, cookies, and crackers. Honey producers who are registered with the state are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-5-10 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-5 / Section 21-5-10
§ 21-5-10. Penalty for obstruction or violations.
Status: in_force

Whoever hinders or obstructs the director, or a duly authorized assistant, in the discharge of any authority or duty imposed by any provision of this chapter, and whoever violates any provision of this chapter or of any lawful regulations of the director made under the provisions of this chapter, shall be punished by a fine not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-16 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-16
§ 21-2-16. Embargo of sale or distribution of milk.
Status: in_force

In the event that any milk inspector or the director shall at any time, upon inspection of any dairy farm of any Rhode Island milk producer or of the facilities or equipment of any hauler or of any milk processing plant or of the plant, store, or other premises of any distributor, or upon the examination, inspection, or analysis of any quantity of milk or milk product, or in the event that he or she shall receive a report of any unsatisfactory inspection as to the animals of any producer, become satisfied or has probable cause to believe that any supply or quantity of milk is adulterated or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent within the meaning of chapter 31 of this title, he or she may embargo the supply or quantity of milk in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 21-31-6.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-46 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-46
§ 21-2-46. Wholesale and contract sales.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the sale of milk, cream, skim milk, or milk products to any milk plant, either at wholesale or pursuant to contract, by weight and test and/or upon the basis of milk fat content and/or on the basis of bacterial counts or other sanitation requirements; provided, that in the case of milk or milk products of a particular description or grade, nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a sale of any milk or milk product which does not at least conform to the requirements of that description or grade.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-23-4 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-23 / Section 21-23-4
§ 21-23-4. Adoption of regulations.
Status: in_force

All nonalcoholic beverage, drink, or juice regulations and any amendments to them adopted pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §301 et seq., are the bottled beverage regulations in this state. The department may, by regulation, provide for modification or deviation from those regulations, whether or not the modifications or deviations are in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

The director of health is authorized to adopt any other regulations for bottled beverages he or she deems necessary in accordance with authority granted under this chapter, chapter 27 of this title and §23-1-18(5).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-23 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-23
§ 21-31-23. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter is declared unconstitutional or the applicability of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of the chapter and the applicability of it to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected by that invalidity.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-1-9 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-1 / Section 21-1-9
§ 21-1-9. Injunctions authorized.
Status: in_force

In addition to the remedies provided in § 21-1-10 the director is authorized to apply to the superior court for, and that court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this chapter, irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-1-5 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-1 / Section 21-1-5
§ 21-1-5. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

The director is authorized and directed to administer and supervise the enforcement of this chapter; to provide for any inspections and investigations, that may be necessary to:

(1) Disclose violations;

(2) Receive and provide for the investigation of complaints; and

(3) Provide for the institution and prosecution of civil or criminal actions or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-30-6 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-30 / Section 21-30-6
§ 21-30-6. Labeling of poisons  Registration of sales  Prescriptions.
Status: in_force

No person shall sell, either by wholesale or retail, any of the poisons enumerated in § 21-30-7, without distinctly labeling the bottle, box, vessel, or paper and wrapper or cover in which the poison is contained with the name of the article, the word poison, and the name and place of business of the seller; and every registered pharmacist selling or dispensing any of these poisons shall first enter in a book, to be kept for that purpose only, and subject always to inspection by the board of pharmacy or any officer or agent of the board or other proper authority, and to be preserved for at least five (5) years, a record of the sale or dispensing; provided, that if any of the poisons form a part of the ingredients of any medicine or medicines compounded in accordance with the written prescription of a medical practitioner, the medicine need not be labeled with the word poison; but all prescriptions, whether or not composed in part or in whole of any of these ingredients, shall be carefully kept by the pharmacist on a file or in a book used for that purpose only and numbered in the order in which they are received or dispensed, and every box, bottle, vial, vessel, or packet containing medicines so dispensed shall be labeled with the name and place of business of the registered pharmacist so dispensing the medicine, and be numbered with a number corresponding with that on the original prescription retained by the pharmacist on the book or file. The prescriptions shall be preserved at least five (5) years and shall be open to the inspection of the writer of them, and a copy shall be furnished free of expense whenever demanded by either the writer or the purchaser.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-24-8 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-24 / Section 21-24-8
§ 21-24-8. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made pursuant to this chapter or the application of it to any person or circumstances is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter, rule, or regulation, and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by that invalidity. The invalidity of any section or sections or parts of any section or sections of this chapter shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-33-5 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-33 / Section 21-33-5
§ 21-33-5. Construction with other laws.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any act otherwise prohibited under any other provision of the general laws.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-21-4 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-21 / Section 21-21-4
§ 21-21-4. Prosecution of violations.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the department of health to prosecute any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-21 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-21
§ 21-31-21. Inspection of establishments.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of health or the directors duly authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse, or other establishment, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), 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 the foods, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in commerce, for the purpose:

(1) Of inspecting the factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of this chapter are being violated; and

(2) To secure samples or specimens of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic after paying or offering to pay for the sample. It shall be the duty of the director of health to make or cause to be made examinations of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether or not any provision of this chapter is being violated.

(b) The director of health, the members of the state board of pharmacy, and the pharmacy inspectors and the narcotics inspectors in the department of health shall make the inspections and secure the samples of specimens and enforce the provisions of this chapter as the chapter applies to pharmacies.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-14 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-14
§ 21-2-14. Temporary permit suspension.
Status: in_force

Temporary permit suspensions shall take place in accordance with procedures set forth in the Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance 1978 recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration, and subsequent revisions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-32 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-32
§ 21-2-32. Labeling as to breed of cows.
Status: in_force

(a) The labels of milk containers may carry in addition to one of the above grade names, but set apart from those grade names, the name of the breed of cows producing the milk or the registered trade name or trademark for the breed; provided containers so labeled contain only milk produced from the breed named.

(b) The label of milk product containers may carry in addition to one of the terms defined in § 21-2-31 which correctly describes the contents, but set apart from that term, the name of the breed of cows producing the milk from which the milk product was derived, or the registered trade name or trademark for the breed; provided that containers so labeled contain only a milk product derived from milk produced from the breed named.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-33-4 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-33 / Section 21-33-4
§ 21-33-4. Notice of minor violations.
Status: in_force

The director of health shall not be required under this chapter to institute any prosecution for minor violations whenever he or she shall determine that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-11.1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-27 / Section 21-27-11.1
§ 21-27-11.1. Definitions applicable to §§ 21-27-11  21-27-11.13.
Status: in_force

As used in §§ 21-27-11  21-27-11.13:

(1) Bed and breakfast establishment means an owner-occupied residence providing accommodations for a charge to the public in operation for more than ten (10) nights in a twelve (12) month period. Breakfast may be provided only to guests. The total number of individuals served shall not exceed twelve (12), including the owner and any other individuals living or eating on the premises. Bed and breakfast establishments shall not include motels, hotels, or boarding houses.

(2) Director refers to the director of the department of health.

(3) Division means the division of food protection, the department of health.

(4) Employee means any person who works with or without pay in a food establishment.

(5) Food establishment means any place where food is prepared and intended for individual portion service, and includes the site at which individual portions are provided. The term includes any such place regardless of whether consumption is on or off the premises and regardless of whether there is a charge for the food. The term includes, but is not limited to, restaurants, caterers, nursing and retirement homes, hospitals, private clubs, industrial cafeterias, public and private educational institutions, and delicatessens in retail food stores that cook and offer prepared food in individual service portions.

(6) Full-time equivalent means forty (40) hours a week.

(7) Itinerant vendor means a food vending business serving food or drink from any establishment or conveyance without fixed locations and without connection to water supply and sewage disposal systems.

(8) Manager certified in food safety means a person certified in this state in accordance with the requirements in this chapter.

(9) Potentially hazardous foods means any food or food ingredient, natural or synthetic in a form capable of supporting: (i) the rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms, or (ii) the slower growth of Clostridium botulinum.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-26-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-26 / Section 21-26-1
§ 21-26-1. Appointment of municipal inspectors.
Status: in_force

The city and town councils of the several cities and towns may, appoint an inspector of saleratus, bicarbonate of soda, and cream of tartar for the cities and towns.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-20 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-20
§ 21-2-20. Special inspections.
Status: in_force

In the event that any operator of a milk plant or distributor shall desire to obtain milk to be sold in the state of Rhode Island from any location outside the state, and inspectors for that location have not been certified or approved by the director, and it shall be necessary in order to make the milk conform to the requirements of this statute and the regulations promulgated to provide specially for the necessary inspections pertaining to it, the director may in the alternative either: (1) approve and certify an inspector specially for the purpose; or (2) send an inspector from the directors own department for the purposes of making the inspections. In either event the milk haulers, the operator of milk plants, or distributors, as the case may be, requesting the inspection and the issuance of any permits involved, shall pay to the director all of the reasonable expenses and the salary pro rata of the inspectors not only of the inspection in the first instance incident to the issuance of permits, but for all subsequent inspections required by the director in the premises, the expenses to be allocated proportionately, according to volume, among the permittees requesting the inspections, if more than one.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-9-23 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-9 / Section 21-9-23
§ 21-9-23. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter is declared unconstitutional or the applicability of any provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of the chapter and the applicability of it to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected by that invalidity.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-24-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-24 / Section 21-24-3
§ 21-24-3. Corn and corn meal.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter or the regulations adopted or in effect pursuant to this chapter shall supersede the provisions of chapter 25 of this title as it relates to Rhode Island corn and corn meal made from Rhode Island corn.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-9-18 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-9 / Section 21-9-18
§ 21-9-18. Embargoed articles  Condemnation and destruction.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the director of health or any of the directors duly authorized agents finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix is adulterated or misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent within the meaning of this chapter, or involved in a violation of this chapter or of the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, he or she shall affix to that article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that the article is, or is suspected of being, adulterated or misbranded and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of the article by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given by the agent or the court. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of the detained or embargoed article by sale or without permission.

(b) When an article detained or embargoed under subsection (a) of this section has been found by an agent to be adulterated or misbranded, he or she shall petition the proper judge of the court in whose jurisdiction the article is detained or embargoed for a libel for condemnation of that article. When the agent has found that an article detained or embargoed is not adulterated or misbranded, he or she shall remove the tag or other marking.

(c) If the court finds that a detained or embargoed article is adulterated or misbranded, that article shall, after entry of the decree, be destroyed at the expense of the claimant of the article, under the supervision of the agent, and all court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be taxed against the claimant of the article or the claimants agent; provided, that when the adulteration or misbranding can be corrected by proper labeling or processing of the article, the court, after entry of the decree and after costs, fees, and expenses have been paid and a good and sufficient bond, conditioned that the article shall be so labeled or processed, has been executed, may by order direct that the article be delivered to the claimant of the article for the labeling or processing under the supervision of an agent of the director of health. The expense of the supervision shall be paid by the claimant. The article shall be returned to the claimant of the article on representation to the court by the director of health that the article is no longer in violation of this chapter, and that the expenses of supervision have been paid.

(d) Whenever the director of health or any of the directors authorized agents shall find in any room, building, vehicle of transportation, or other structure any frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix which contains any filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance, or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or unsafe, it being declared to be a nuisance, the director of health or the directors authorized agent shall immediately condemn or destroy it, or in any other manner render it unsalable as human food.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-18-7 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-18 / Section 21-18-7
§ 21-18-7. Prosecution of violations.
Status: in_force

When the director of environmental management becomes cognizant of the violation of any provision of this chapter, he or she shall cause notice of the violation together with a copy of the findings to be given to the person or persons concerned. Persons notified shall be given a hearing under rules and regulations prescribed by the director. Notices of the hearing shall specify the date, hour, and place of the hearing. Whenever any prosecution takes place, the state director of environmental management shall not be required to furnish surety for costs, upon any complaint made by him or her.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-1-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-1 / Section 21-1-1
§ 21-1-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be entitled and may be cited as the Rhode Island Frozen Food Products Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-18-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-18 / Section 21-18-1
§ 21-18-1. Closed package defined.
Status: in_force

Closed package when used in this chapter means a barrel, box, basket, or other container the contents of which cannot be sufficiently inspected without opening it or removing any kind of cover or lid to expose the surface contents to view.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-19-7 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-19 / Section 21-19-7
§ 21-19-7. Enforcement  Appropriations and disbursements.
Status: in_force

The director of environmental management shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and shall make suitable regulations to carry out the administration and enforcement. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much of it as may be required from time to time, upon receipt by the controller of properly authenticated vouchers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-37-2 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-37 / Section 21-37-2
§ 21-37-2. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) Caffeine means that central nervous-system stimulant and known alkaloid commonly found in cocoa and coffee seeds or beans; and

(2) Powdered caffeine means any concentrated powdered form of the stimulant caffeine, or any powder substance sold or marketed as pure or concentrated caffeine.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-1-7 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-1 / Section 21-1-7
§ 21-1-7. Notice and hearing on violations.
Status: in_force

Before any criminal proceeding is commenced for a violation of this chapter, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his or her views before the director or his or her designated agent, either orally or in writing, in person, or by attorney, with regard to the contemplated proceedings.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-13 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-13
§ 21-2-13. Appeals.
Status: in_force

An appeal from any decision or order of the director may be taken by any aggrieved party to the superior court in the manner provided for in chapter 35 of title 42.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-7 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-7
§ 21-31-7. Violations reported to attorney general  Notice and hearing on violation.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the attorney general, to whom the director of health reports any violation of this chapter, to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before any violation of this chapter, except those violations which involve attempts to procure or procurement of drugs by unlawful means, or the unlawful manufacture, possession, sale, barter, gift, transfer, or delivery in any manner to another of a drug as defined in this chapter, is reported to the attorney general for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and opportunity to present his or her views before the director of health or the directors designated agent, either orally or in writing in person, or by attorney, with regard to the contemplated proceeding.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-5-5 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-5 / Section 21-5-5
§ 21-5-5. Condemnation or correction of defective machines.
Status: in_force

Each Babcock or other centrifugal machine used as described in § 21-5-4 which, in the opinion of the director, is not in condition to give accurate results may be condemned by the director. No Babcock or other centrifugal machine which has been condemned shall be used for determining the composition or value of milk, cream, or any milk product, unless and until that machine is corrected to the satisfaction of the director and approved by him or her.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-14-9 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-14 / Section 21-14-9
§ 21-14-9. Sale of noncomplying shellfish prohibited  Confiscation  Search warrants.
Status: in_force

No person shall sell or possess with intent to sell within this state for human consumption any shellfish which have not been taken, processed, labeled, transported, or sold in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter. Any shellfish which the director shall have reasonable cause to believe have been taken from polluted areas or which have not been taken, processed, labeled, transported, or sold in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter shall be confiscated. Search warrants may be issued by any district court upon complaint of the director or the directors duly authorized agents relating to violations of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-17-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-17 / Section 21-17-1
§ 21-17-1. Shell eggs  Labeling as to grade and size.
Status: in_force

All shell eggs sold or offered for sale in this state for human consumption shall be labeled with the grade and size designation as set forth in the Rhode Island consumer grades.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-21-2 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-21 / Section 21-21-2
§ 21-21-2. Sale of mixtures as pure olive oil prohibited.
Status: in_force

Olive oil, when it has been mixed or packed with cotton seed oil or other substance, shall not be sold or offered for sale under the name of Pure olive oil.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-13-10 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-13 / Section 21-13-10
§ 21-13-10. Responsibility for chapter.
Status: in_force

The director of health shall carry out the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-25-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-25 / Section 21-25-1
§ 21-25-1. Rhode Island corn defined.
Status: in_force

Within the meaning of this chapter Rhode Island corn means corn of a light amber color, hard and sound of kernel, generally known as Rhode Island white cap corn and grown in the soil of Rhode Island within the state of Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-9-19 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-9 / Section 21-9-19
§ 21-9-19. Inspection of establishments.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of health or any of the directors duly authorized agents shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any frozen dessert plant in which frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mixes are manufactured or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to manufacture, transport, or hold frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mixes in commerce, for the purpose:

(1) Of inspecting the frozen dessert plant or vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of this chapter are being violated, and

(2) To secure samples or specimens of any frozen dessert and/or frozen dessert mix after paying or offering to pay for the sample. It shall be the duty of the director of health to make or cause to be made examination of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether or not any provision of this chapter is being violated.

(b) The director of health or any of the directors duly authorized agents shall make the inspections and secure the samples or specimens at least once during each license year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-11.13 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-27 / Section 21-27-11.13
§ 21-27-11.13. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

The director of health, or the directors authorized agents, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-5 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-5
§ 21-31-5. Violations of chapter  Penalty  Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 21-31-3 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both imprisonment and fine; but if the violation is committed after a conviction of that person under this section has become final, the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both that imprisonment and fine.

(b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section for having violated § 21-31-3(1) or (3) if that person establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the state of Rhode Island from whom the person received the article in good faith, to the effect that the article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter, designating this chapter.

(c) No publisher, radio broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section by reason of the dissemination by that person of a false advertisement, unless he or she has refused the request of the director of health to furnish the director of health the name and post office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or advertising agency residing in the state of Rhode Island who caused the person to disseminate the false advertisement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-52 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-2 / Section 21-2-52
§ 21-2-52. Appropriations and disbursements.
Status: in_force

The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that it may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of any sum appropriated, or so much of it as may be required, upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-13-9 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-13 / Section 21-13-9
§ 21-13-9. Scope of application.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to every person, firm, partnership, or corporation engaged in slaughtering or eviscerating poultry, or in the preparation of poultry products for human consumption.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-25-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-25 / Section 21-25-3
§ 21-25-3. Labeling of corn meal.
Status: in_force

The words Rhode Island shall not be stamped, marked, printed, branded, or used on any package, bag, bottle, can, box, tub, firkin, or container of any kind in which any corn meal may be stored or from or in which corn meal may be sold or offered or exposed for sale unless the corn meal has been ground or manufactured in Rhode Island from Rhode Island corn within the meaning of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-13-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-13 / Section 21-13-3
§ 21-13-3. Premises for slaughtering or evisceration.
Status: in_force

All poultry prepared for human consumption in Rhode Island shall be slaughtered and/or eviscerated on premises approved by the director of health.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-13-2 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-13 / Section 21-13-2
§ 21-13-2. Registration of persons engaged in slaughtering and evisceration.
Status: in_force

All persons engaged in slaughtering and/or eviscerating of poultry for human consumption shall register annually with the director of the department of health during the month of January. Registrations issued will expire on December 31 and must be renewed annually.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-20-2 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-20 / Section 21-20-2
§ 21-20-2. Penalty for sales other than by weight.
Status: in_force

Every person, firm, partnership, or corporation violating § 21-20-1 shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) and not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), one-half (Â½) of the fine to the use of the city or town where the offense was committed and one-half (Â½) of the fine to the use of the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-17 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-17
§ 21-31-17. Adulterated cosmetics.
Status: in_force

A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated:

(1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in its labeling or advertisement, or under any conditions of use that are customary or usual; provided, that this provision shall not apply to coal tar hair dye, the label of which bears the following legend conspicuously displayed on it: Caution  This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows; to do so may cause blindness, and the labeling of which bears adequate directions for that preliminary testing. For the purpose of this subdivision and subdivision (5) of this section the term hair dye does not include eyelash dyes or eyebrow dyes.

(2) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.

(3) If it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions by which it may have become contaminated with filth, or by which it may have been rendered injurious to health.

(4) If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health.

(5) If it is not a hair dye and it bears or contains a coal tar color other than one from a batch that has been certified under authority of the Federal Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-32-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-32 / Section 21-32-1
§ 21-32-1. Advertising of Rhode Island grown farm products, eggs, poultry, and turkeys produced in this state.
Status: in_force

Only farm products grown and eggs, poultry, and turkeys produced in Rhode Island shall be advertised or sold in Rhode Island as native, native grown, Rhode Island grown, or under terms of similar import. Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation advertising farm products as native, native grown or Rhode Island grown shall be required to furnish proof that the products were grown or produced in Rhode Island if requested so to do by the director of environmental management.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-9-6 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-9 / Section 21-9-6
§ 21-9-6. Appeals.
Status: in_force

An appeal from any decision or order of the director may be taken by any aggrieved party to the superior court in the manner provided for in chapter 35 of title 42.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-16-3 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-16 / Section 21-16-3
§ 21-16-3. False labeling as to fitness for Passover.
Status: in_force

A person, firm, or corporation who shall stamp or label or cause to be stamped or labeled any can, jar, package, or other container of food or food preparation, falsely representing these to be kosher for Passover use or as having been prepared for Passover use under the supervision or sanction of any accredited rabbi of the traditional or orthodox Hebrew religion, by having or permitting to be inscribed on them the words kosher for Passover in any language or any sign or mark in simulation of those words in any language or any mark which might reasonably be calculated to deceive or lead a reasonable person to believe that the contents are represented as kosher for Passover use or as prepared under the supervision or sanction of an accredited rabbi of the traditional or orthodox Hebrew religion, and a person, firm, or corporation who shall knowingly sell or expose for sale any falsely stamped or labeled can, jar, package, or other container shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-11.8 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-27 / Section 21-27-11.8
§ 21-27-11.8. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 21-27-11  21-27-11.13 shall not apply to:

(1) Special events sponsored by city or town or nonprofit civic organizations such as, but not limited to, school sporting events, firefighters picnics, little league food booths, grange and church suppers, and fairs;

(2) Temporary food services which have a frequency of less than six (6) events a year such as bazaars, bake sales, and suppers. Individuals responsible for temporary food operations preparing potentially hazardous foods shall be required to register with the division, obtain food safety informational brochures, and distribute these materials to the individuals engaged in food preparation for the event;

(3) Itinerant vendors and other food establishments that serve only commercially pre-packaged foods, beverages, and commercially precooked potentially hazardous foods requiring no manual handling of the food product such as frankfurters;

(4) Retail food stores and delicatessens where only cold foods are prepared;

(5) Private homes, and bed and breakfast establishments.

(6) Any private or public housing complex designated by the federal government as housing for the elderly located in this state, in connection with limited, not-for-profit sales of food to residents of the complex.

(7) Private clubs which do not charge the general public for the sale of food or beverages which serve less than twenty (20) at any one time, and serve less than one hundred (100) meals per month.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-19-5 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-19 / Section 21-19-5
§ 21-19-5. Potatoes exempt from chapter.
Status: in_force

All potatoes intended for sale to a processing plant or to a first receiver who normally grades them into proper grades before reselling them shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter until they are offered for resale. All ungraded potatoes shipped under this provision must be in turned sacks, in plain paper bags, or in bulk. Properly tagged certified seed potatoes are exempted from these provisions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-11-5 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-11 / Section 21-11-5
§ 21-11-5. Regulations concerning processing and packing plants.
Status: in_force

The director of health may adopt regulations governing the plant, equipment, operation, and maintenance of establishments defined in § 21-11-3, the methods and materials used, the source and quality of water, sewage and waste disposal, the approval or condemnation and disposal of any carcass or part of a carcass, meat, meat products, and meat food product, insofar as they relate to the health and protection of the public and any matters which relate to the health and protection of the public. These regulations may prescribe the manner in which inspection will be performed and the periods during which licensees may operate.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-9 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-9
§ 21-31-9. Promulgation of reasonable standards by director.
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the director of health an action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the director of health shall promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food or class of food a reasonable definition and standard of identity, and/or reasonable standard of quality and/or fill of container. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the director of health shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definitions and standards promulgated shall conform so far as practicable to the definitions and standards promulgated under authority of the Federal Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-9-7 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-9 / Section 21-9-7
§ 21-9-7. Records of manufacturers.
Status: in_force

Each manufacturer of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes shall keep for each frozen dessert plant operated by that manufacturer a true and complete record of milk and milk products received and frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes manufactured there.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-13-6 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-13 / Section 21-13-6
§ 21-13-6. Inspection powers.
Status: in_force

The director of health or any of the directors subordinates may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property for the purposes of inspection and investigating conditions relating to the slaughtering, eviscerating, and processing of poultry or poultry products to be used for human consumption.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-14-2 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-14 / Section 21-14-2
§ 21-14-2. License for shellfish business.
Status: in_force

No person shall conduct within this state any shellfish business until that person shall have obtained a license from the department. The director shall, upon receipt of application for a license to conduct a shellfish business, cause the applicants shellfish business facilities to be investigated and, if they are found to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter, shall issue a license upon receipt of a fee for a shipper/reshipper or for a shucker packer/repacker as set forth in § 23-1-54. Any license issued shall apply only to those phases of the shellfish business that appear on the license and are defined by the director in regulations he or she shall adopt in regard to licensing. In order to set the license renewal dates so that all activities for each establishment can be combined on one license instead of on several licenses, the department of health shall set the license renewal date. The license period shall be for twelve (12) months, unless sooner suspended or revoked for cause, commencing on the license renewal date, and the license fee shall be at the full annual rate regardless of the date of application or the date of issuance of license. If the license renewal date is changed, the department may make an adjustment to the fees of licensed establishments, not to exceed the annual license fee, in order to implement the change in license renewal date. Licenses issued pursuant to this section may be suspended or revoked for violation of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter. The director may, after a hearing, refuse to issue any shellfish business license to any person who has been convicted of any violation of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-36-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-36 / Section 21-36-1
§ 21-36-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the The Inter-Agency Food and Nutrition Policy Advisory Council Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-16-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-16 / Section 21-16-1
§ 21-16-1. Violations or deception as to religious dietary laws by dealers in meats.
Status: in_force

A person, firm, or corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor:

(1) Who shall knowingly sell or expose for sale any meat or meat preparation, either raw or prepared for human consumption, and falsely represent it to be kosher or as having been prepared under the supervision of a rabbi or as a product or products sanctioned by the traditional or orthodox Hebrew religious requirements and dietary laws;

(2) Who shall falsely represent any food product or the contents of any package or container to be constituted and prepared, by having or permitting to be inscribed on it the word kosher in any language;

(3) Who shall sell or expose for sale in the same place of business both kosher and non-kosher meat or meat preparation, either raw or prepared for human consumption, who fails to indicate on the window signs and all display advertising, in block letters at least four inches (4") in height, kosher and non-kosher meat sold here;

(4) Who shall expose for sale in any show window or place of business both kosher and non-kosher meat or meat preparation, either raw or prepared for human consumption, who fails to display over each kind of meat or meat preparation so exposed a sign in block letters at least four inches (4") in height reading kosher meat or non-kosher meat, as the case may be;

(5) Who shall, while dealing or purporting to deal in kosher meat or meat preparations, prepare or handle or sell, or cause to be prepared or handled or sold, any food product which, when prepared or handled or sold together with kosher meat or meat preparation, constitutes a violation of the traditional or orthodox Hebrew religious requirements and dietary laws, and by which renders the kosher meat or meat preparation non-kosher;

(6) Who shall in the preparation, handling, or sale of kosher meat or meat preparation fail to comply strictly with the religious requirements and dietary laws necessary to constitute the meat or meat preparation genuinely kosher;

(7) Who shall, without complying with Hebrew religious or dietary laws, issue or maintain any sign or advertisement in any language purporting to represent that he or she sells or deals in kosher meat or meat preparations; or

(8) Who shall display on his or her window, door, or in his or her place of business, words or letters in the Hebrew language, or any sign, emblem, insignia, symbol, or mark in simulation of Hebrew words or letters, the display of which might reasonably be calculated to deceive or lead a person to believe that a representation, express or implied, is being made that the meat or meat preparation exposed for sale is kosher and in conformity with the traditional or orthodox Hebrew religious requirements.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-11.5 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-27 / Section 21-27-11.5
§ 21-27-11.5. Recertification  Renewal.
Status: in_force

Every holder of a certificate issued pursuant to these sections shall, every five (5) years, present evidence to the division of continued eligibility as established by regulations. All certificates issued pursuant to these sections shall expire every five (5) years on a date as established in the rules and regulations unless sooner suspended or revoked. Application for certification renewal shall be made as described in the rules and regulations. A renewal fee shall be required every five (5) years. Managers of municipal or state food establishments shall be exempt from payment of the fee set forth in this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-27-11.12 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-27 / Section 21-27-11.12
§ 21-27-11.12. Receipts.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any fees and administrative fines collected pursuant to the provisions of §§ 21-27-11  21-27-11.13 shall be deposited as general revenues.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-36-6 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-36 / Section 21-36-6
§ 21-36-6. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of it, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-1-10 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-1 / Section 21-1-10
§ 21-1-10. Violations of chapter  Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person that violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and any principal, proprietor, agent, servant, or employee, who directs or knowingly permits the violation or who aids or assists in the violation, shall upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100); but if a violation is committed after a conviction of the person under this section has become final, the person shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each succeeding offense. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-19-6 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-19 / Section 21-19-6
§ 21-19-6. Advertising.
Status: in_force

All radio, newspaper, or display advertising of potatoes must state the grade or grades of potatoes being advertised.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-31-1 — RI Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21-31 / Section 21-31-1
§ 21-31-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Rhode Island Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act.