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LA Rev Stat § 40:641 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§641. Injunction proceedings

RS 641 - Injunction proceedings  A. In order to avoid multiplicity of criminal prosecutions, the district courts may, for cause, restrain any person by temporary or permanent injunction from the repetitious introduction or causing to be introduced into commerce of any adulterated, misbranded, or unregistered food, drug, device, or cosmetic; or from the dissemination or causing to be disseminated of a false advertisement by any means for the purpose of inducing, directly or indirectly, the purchase of food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in commerce.  B. In these injunction proceedings it is not necessary to show an intent on the part of the person enjoined to continue the offense.  C. Violation of any injunction issued pursuant to this Section shall be summarily tried and punished by the court as a contempt. The contempt proceedings may be instituted by order of the court or by the filing of an information by the district attorney and process of the court for the arrest of the violator may be served at any place in the state.  D. No person violates any injunction issued pursuant to this Section by reason of the dissemination, subsequent to the injunction, of the false advertisement which was the basis of the injunction, if the dissemination was beyond the control of the person.  Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:642 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§642. Reports by department

RS 642 - Reports by department  A. The department shall, from time to time, have reports published summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this Part, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.  B. The department may also disseminate information regarding food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in cases involving imminent danger to health or gross deception of the consumer.  C. Nothing in this Section prohibits the department from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of its investigations.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 40:651 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§651. Definitions

RS 651 - Definitions  As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:  (1) "Confirmed positive test result" means any result obtained from a laboratory test of an ingredient, equipment, container, or finished product that indicates the presence of an adulterant, as defined by R.S. 40:607 et seq., in excess of any tolerance specified in state or federal law or regulations.  (2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.  (3) "Food processing plant" means a commercial operation that manufactures food for human consumption and does not provide food directly to a consumer from that location. Such term shall not include a commercial operation that produces raw agricultural commodities and whose end product remains a raw agricultural product.  (4) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.  Acts 2009, No. 341, §1, eff. July 6, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 40:652 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§652. Food processing plants; written food processing plan

RS 652 - Food processing plants; written food processing plan A. Beginning January 1, 2011, every food processing plant operating within the state shall maintain a written food processing plan which shall be immediately available for review by the department upon request. B. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, establishing minimum standards and requirements for a written food processing plan. The rules and regulations shall require a food processing plan to include, but not be limited to, a description of the procedures to be used to prevent the presence of hazards such as poisonous or deleterious substances or other contaminants that would render finished foods or finished ingredients, as manufactured, injurious to the public health, a description of preventative controls, monitoring methods to ensure the effectiveness of preventative controls, records of corrective actions, and any actions taken in response to the presence of known hazards. C. Any food processing plant which maintains a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Plan which meets or exceeds the criteria required for such plan by either the United States Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of this Section. D. Any person or firm operating a food processing plant that violates the provisions of this Section shall be subject to a civil fine of not more than five hundred dollars. Acts 2009, No. 341, §1, eff. July 6, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 40:653 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§653. Food processing plants; recall plan

RS 653 - Food processing plants; recall plan A. Beginning January 1, 2011, every food processing plant operating within this state shall maintain a written food recall plan which shall be immediately available for review by the department upon request. B. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, establishing minimum standards and requirements for a written food recall plan. C. Any person or firm operating a food processing plant that violates the provisions of this Section shall be subject to a civil fine of not more than five hundred dollars. Acts 2009, No. 341, §1, eff. July 6, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 40:654 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§654. Food processing plants; food-borne illness reporting and testing requirements

RS 654 - Food processing plants; food-borne illness reporting and testing requirements A. Whenever any person or firm that operates a food processing plant in this state obtains information from testing of samples or specimens of finished foods or finished ingredients which indicates a confirmed positive test result, the person or firm shall report such test results to the department within twenty-four hours of obtaining such information. B. The state health officer may, based upon a showing of probable cause by the department that the food processing facility is producing food which may be adulterated, as defined in R.S. 40:607 et seq., or is processing food in a manner which may cause an imminent menace to the public health, order the food processing facility to submit samples to a laboratory, specified by the department, for testing at the expense of the food processing facility. The results of such testing shall be furnished to the department. C. Whenever any person or firm violates the provision of this Section, such person or firm shall be subject to a civil fine of not more than one thousand dollars. Acts 2009, No. 341, §1, eff. July 6, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 40:671 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§671. Washing prohibited; penalty

RS 671 - Washing prohibited; penalty  A. No one shall wash any articles of food intended for human consumption in any body of water on the right of way of any public highway or road, or in any water anywhere except running water.  B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five dollars or imprisoned for not more than five days.  Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:676 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§676. Laetrile

RS 676 - Laetrile  A. The manufacture, sale, possession, and use of laetrile, or amygdalin is lawful in the state of Louisiana. However, the sale of the parenteral form of laetrile is lawful only with the prescription of a licensed physician.  B. The manufacture, sale, possession and use of laetrile, or amygdalin, is subject to the provisions of Chapters 1 and 4 of this Title, except for the provisions of the first unnumbered Paragraph of Section 607, the first unnumbered Paragraph of Section 608, last sentence of Paragraph 10 of Section 608, the first unnumbered Paragraph of Section 616, the first unnumbered Paragraph of Section 617, and Section 618. The manufacture, sale, possession, or use of laetrile shall not be restricted or limited on grounds it is ineffective in the prevention or treatment of cancer.  Added by Acts 1977, No. 99, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 40:681 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§681. License required for use of containers

RS 681 - License required for use of containers   No person shall use or sell or transfer for use in the manufacturing, production, preparation, compounding, blending, or packing for sale, distribution, or transfer of a food, drug, or beverage any containers other than new containers unless he has been duly licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health, hereinafter referred to in this Part as the "department".  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 40:682 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§682. Qualifications for license; sterilization process

RS 682 - Qualifications for license; sterilization process  A. The department shall issue the license required in R.S. 40:681 to any applicant upon receipt of such evidence as it requires to show that the applicant is properly equipped and maintains and uses the method provided for in Subsection B of this Section in cleansing and sterilizing the containers.  B. All containers shall be cleansed, sterilized, and freed from rust and contamination by soaking them for a period of not less than five minutes in a hot caustic solution of not less than one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit, which shall be indicated by a thermometer. This solution shall contain not less than two and one-half percent of caustic soda expressed in terms of sodium hydrates. The containers shall then be thoroughly rinsed in pure water. The cleansing solution shall be changed frequently so as to prevent it from becoming foul and unsanitary.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:683 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§683. Duration of license

RS 683 - Duration of license  The license provided for in R.S. 40:681 extends for one year from the date of its issuance unless sooner revoked as herein provided. It shall be renewed annually thereafter upon the same terms and conditions as prescribed in R.S. 40:682. A license fee of five dollars shall be collected from each licensee.
LA Rev Stat § 40:684 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§684. Issuance of certificate by licensee; revocation of license for wrongful issuance

RS 684 - Issuance of certificate by licensee; revocation of license for wrongful issuance  Each licensee shall issue a certificate with each shipment of containers to a purchaser or transferee, stating that the licensee has cleansed, sterilized, and freed the containers from rust and contamination as provided in R.S. 40:682. If any licensee issues this certificate without having complied with the requirements of this Part, his license shall, after a hearing before the department, be revoked by the department.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 40:685 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§685. Sterilization certificate as license for use of containers

RS 685 - Sterilization certificate as license for use of containers  If the purchaser or transferee of containers covered by this Part shows a certificate of sterilization signed by a duly qualified licensee, he is duly licensed under the provisions of this Part. No purchaser or transferee shall use any containers covered by this Part without a certificate, except as hereafter provided.
LA Rev Stat § 40:686 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§686. Sale or transfer to licensee to cleanse or sterilize

RS 686 - Sale or transfer to licensee to cleanse or sterilize  Nothing contained in this Part prohibits the sale or transfer for use of containers covered hereby which have not been so cleansed and sterilized to a purchaser or transferee who is duly licensed under the provisions of this Part to cleanse, sterilize, and free the containers from rust and contamination.
LA Rev Stat § 40:687 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§687. Re-use of closures

RS 687 - Re-use of closures  No person shall use more than once closures of any character in the packing for sale or transfer of a food, drug, or beverage. The term "closure" includes any crown, screw cap, vacuum cap, cork, or any other article used to cap or seal any container of any food, drug, or beverage.
LA Rev Stat § 40:688 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§688. Rules and regulations

RS 688 - Rules and regulations  The secretary of the department may prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect and enforce the provisions of this Part.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 40:689 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§689. Penalty

RS 689 - Penalty  Whoever violates any provision of this Part shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Each day that conditions or actions in violation of this Part continue constitutes a separate and distinct offense.
LA Rev Stat § 40:690 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§690. Metal beverage containers

RS 690 - Metal beverage containers  A. No person shall sell or offer for sale at retail in this state any metal beverage container so designed and constructed that a metal part of the container is detachable in opening the container. The provisions of this Section do not prohibit the sale of or the offer for sale of the following:  (1) A beverage container sealed with a laminated tape seal, even if the seal contains aluminum foil, if the seal is not rigid.  (2) Frozen beverage concentrate in all metal containers with detachable metal pull tabs, customarily and primarily purchased for dilution and for use within the home or for similar purposes.  (3) Metal beverage containers with pull tabs for milk-based products, soy-based products, or similar products which require sterilization and pressure in the canning process.  B. As used in this Section:  (1) "Beverage container" shall include but not be limited to any sealed can containing beer, cereal malt beverage, mineral water, and soda water and similar soft drinks in liquid form and intended for human consumption.  (2) "Soft drink" shall include but not be limited to all beverages, whether carbonated or not, such as soda water, ginger ale, 7-Up, Hi-C, Coca-Cola, iced tea, lemonade, Pepsi Cola, Hawaiian Punch, Dr. Pepper, milk drinks when any flavoring or syrup is added, cider, cordial, carbonated water, mineral water, or any and all preparations commonly referred to as soft drinks of whatsoever kind, including any and all beverages referred to as soft drinks which are manufactured without the use of any syrup.  C. The penalties in R.S. 40:689 shall apply to violations of this Section.  Acts 1990, No. 282, §1; eff. July 5, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 40:695 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§695. Tampering with consumer products; false reports of violations; prohibition; penalties

RS 695 - Tampering with consumer products; false reports of violations; prohibition; penalties  A. Tampering with consumer products is the tampering with or attempt to tamper with any food, drug, device, or cosmetic, or the tampering with or attempt to tamper with the label or container of any such item, with the intent to cause bodily injury or death to any person. For purpose of this Subpart, the terms food, drug, device, cosmetic, or label shall have the same meanings as provided in R.S. 40:602, except that they shall include only such items produced or distributed for human consumption or use.  B. Any person who commits the crime of tampering with consumer products shall:  (1) When no bodily injury or death results, be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.  (2) When the bodily injury of any person results, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than ten years, with or without hard labor, or both.  (3) When the death of any person results, be imprisoned for life at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. C.(1) False reporting of tampering with consumer products is the willful and malicious imparting or conveying of false information, knowing such information to be false, concerning conduct or attempted conduct which, if such conduct occurred, would constitute a violation of R.S. 40:695(A).  (2) Whoever commits the crime of false reporting of tampering with consumer products shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 721, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:700 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§700. Definition of terms

RS 700 - Definition of terms   As used in this Subpart, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section:   (1) "Advertisement" includes all representations of fact or opinion disseminated to the public in any manner or by any means.   (2) "Dealer" means any person or entity engaged in the business of selling water treatment devices to the public.   (3) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health and "secretary" means the secretary thereof.   (4) "Water treatment device" means any instrument or contrivance sold at retail for residential use and designed to be added to the plumbing system of a water supply intended for human consumption to improve that water supply by any means including, but not limited to, filtration, purification, distillation, or conditioning.   Added by Acts 1983, No. 507, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:700.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§700.1. Rules and regulations

RS 700.1 - Rules and regulations  The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations, with the advice and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Water Treatment Devices, for the efficient enforcement of this Subpart.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 507, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:700.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§700.2. False advertisement

RS 700.2 - False advertisement  A. An advertisement of a water treatment device is false if it is false or misleading in any particular regarding the water treatment device.  B. Except as provided below, the advertisement of a water treatment device representing it to have any therapeutic effect in the treatment of cancer, heart and vascular diseases, or any other diseases for which no known therapeutic effect has been fully established is false. No advertisement not in violation of Subsection A of this Section shall be considered false under this Subsection, if it is disseminated only to members of the medical and pharmaceutical professions or appears only in the scientific periodicals of these professions, or if it is disseminated only for the purpose of public health education by persons not commercially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of water treatment devices.  C. Except as provided in R.S. 40:700.3, it is unlawful for any person to disseminate false advertisement by any means for the purposes of inducing, directly or indirectly, the purchase of water treatment devices.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 507, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:700.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§700.3. Exceptions as to false advertising by agencies

RS 700.3 - Exceptions as to false advertising by agencies  Publishers, radio broadcast licensees, television broadcast licensees, advertising agencies, and other agencies or mediums for dissemination of advertising do not violate the provisions of R.S. 40:700.2 by the dissemination of any false advertisement when the dissemination is caused by the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller who resides in Louisiana. However, the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller is amenable to prosecution and the penalties provided for the violations of R.S. 40:700.2. No publisher, radio broadcast licensee, television broadcast licensee, advertising agency, or other agency or medium for the dissemination of advertising shall willfully refuse, on reasonable request of an officer or employee duly designated by the department, to furnish to the officer or employee the name and post office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller, residing in Louisiana, who caused him to disseminate any such advertisement.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 507, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:700.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§700.4. Other prohibited acts

RS 700.4 - Other prohibited acts  The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited:  (1) The verbal or written misrepresentation of any water treatment device by any person selling such devices to the public for the purposes of inducing, directly or indirectly, the purchase of water treatment devices.  (2) The sale of any water treatment device to the public without a permit issued by the department.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 507, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:700.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§700.5. Permit; application; fees; renewal

RS 700.5 - Permit; application; fees; renewal  A. The department may require all dealers who engage in the business of selling water treatment devices to the public to obtain a permit and shall provide by regulation for a reasonable time period in which to obtain such permit.  B. The department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations and to charge reasonable fees relating to the issuance of such permits. Any applicant which meets the criteria established by the department shall be issued a permit.  C. Permits issued pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart shall be valid for one calendar year from the date of issue, unless revoked as provided in R.S. 40:700.6, and shall be renewed annually thereafter.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 507, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:700.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§700.6. Revocation of permit

RS 700.6 - Revocation of permit  A. The department may revoke any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart at any time the holder of a permit is found to be in noncompliance with the provisions of this Subpart or the rules and regulations established by the department.  B. The department may revoke any such permit either temporarily, until there is compliance with the provisions of this Subpart and with the rules and regulations as established by the department, or permanently for the unexpired period of the permit.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 507, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.