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NC Gen Stat § 106-92.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 8A - Sale of Agricultural Liming Materials and Landplaster.|§ 106-92.11 - Deficiencies: refunds to consumer.

 106-92.11. Deficiencies: refunds to consumer.Should any of the agricultural liming and landplaster materials defined in this Article be found to be deficient in the components claimed by the manufacturer or registrant thereof, said manufacturer or registrant, upon official notification to [of] such deficiency by the Commissioner of Agriculture, shall, within 90 days, make refunds to the consumers of the deficient materials as follows:In case of "agricultural liming material" if the deficiency is five percent (5%) of the guarantee or more, there shall be refunded an amount equal to three times the value of such deficiency and in case of "landplaster," for deficiencies in excess of one percent (1%) of the guarantee, there shall be refunded an amount equal to three times the value of the deficiency. Values shall be based on the selling price of said materials. When said consumers cannot be found within the above specified time, refunds shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Agriculture, where said refund shall be held for payment to the proper consumer upon order of the Commissioner. If the consumer to whom the refund is due cannot be found within a period of one year, the clear proceeds of such refund shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (1979, c. 590; 1997-261, s. 109; 1998-215, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-92.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 8A - Sale of Agricultural Liming Materials and Landplaster.|§ 106-92.12 - "Stop sale" orders.

 106-92.12. "Stop sale" orders.The Commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed "stop sale, use, or removal" order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural liming material or landplaster at a designated place when the Commissioner finds said material is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this Article until the law has been complied with and said violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The Commissioner shall release the agricultural liming materials or landplaster so withdrawn, when the requirements of the provisions of this Article have been complied with and all costs and expense incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid.If a manufacturer or registrant fails to make a refund as required by G.S. 106-92.11, the Commissioner may stop the sale of any agricultural liming materials or landplaster registered by the manufacturer or registrant and offered for sale in this State. (1979, c. 590; 1993, c. 144, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-92.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 8A - Sale of Agricultural Liming Materials and Landplaster.|§ 106-92.13 - Appeals from assessments and orders of Commissioner.

 106-92.13. Appeals from assessments and orders of Commissioner.Nothing in this Article shall prevent any person from appealing to a court of competent jurisdiction from any assessment of penalty or other final order or ruling of the Commissioner or Board of Agriculture. (1979, c. 590.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-92.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 8A - Sale of Agricultural Liming Materials and Landplaster.|§ 106-92.14 - Penalties for violations of this Article.

 106-92.14. Penalties for violations of this Article.Any person convicted of violating any provision of this Article or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) in the discretion of the court. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner or his authorized agent to report for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceedings as a result of minor violations of the Article when he believes that the public interest will best be served by a suitable written warning. (1979, c. 590; 1993, c. 539, s. 743; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-92.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 8A - Sale of Agricultural Liming Materials and Landplaster.|§ 106-92.15 - Declaration of policy.

 106-92.15. Declaration of policy.The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest that the State regulate the activities of those persons engaged in the business of preparing, or manufacturing agricultural liming material and landplaster in order to insure the manufacturer, distributor, and consumer of the correct quantity and quality of all said materials sold or offered for sale in this State. It shall therefore be the policy of this State to regulate the activities of those persons engaged in the business of preparing or manufacturing agricultural liming material and landplaster. (1979, c. 590.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-92.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 8A - Sale of Agricultural Liming Materials and Landplaster.|§ 106-92.16 - Authority of Board of Agriculture to make rules and regulations.

 106-92.16. Authority of Board of Agriculture to make rules and regulations.Because legislation with regard to agricultural liming material and landplaster sold or offered for sale in this State must be adopted (adapted) to complex conditions and standards involving numerous details with which the General Assembly cannot deal directly and in order to effectuate the purposes and policies of the Article, and in order to insure the manufacturer, distributor, and consumer of the correct quality and quantity of all agricultural liming material and landplaster sold or offered for sale in this State, the Board of Agriculture shall have the authority to make rules and regulations with respect to:(1) Defining a standard agricultural liming material in terms of neutralizing equivalents.(2) Fineness of agricultural liming material.(3) Form and order of labeling.(4) Monetary penalties for deficiencies from guarantee.(5) Monetary penalties for materials that do not meet screen guarantee. (1979, c. 590.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-92.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 8A - Sale of Agricultural Liming Materials and Landplaster.|§ 106-92.17 - Lime and fertilizer mixtures.

 106-92.17. Lime and fertilizer mixtures.The provisions of this Article shall apply to mixtures of agricultural liming material and fertilizer, except as follows:(1) Such mixtures shall meet the labeling requirements of G.S. 106-92.5(a) in addition to providing information including, but not limited to, a guaranteed analysis of the fertilizer element or plant nutrient;(2) The tonnage fee for such mixtures under G.S. 106-92.8 shall be twenty-five cents (25 ) per ton; and,(3) The Board of Agriculture shall establish the allowable deficiency percentage and refund rate for such mixtures under G.S. 106-92.11. (1981, c. 449, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-120 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-120 - Title of Article.

 106-120. Title of Article.This Article may be cited as the North Carolina Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. (1939, c. 320, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-123 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-123 - Injunctions restraining violations.

 106-123. Injunctions restraining violations.In addition to the remedies hereinafter provided, the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to apply to the superior court for, and such 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 G.S. 106-122, irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law. (1939, c. 320, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-124 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-124 - Violations made misdemeanor.

 106-124. Violations made misdemeanor.(a) Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Article, or any regulation of the Board adopted pursuant to this Article, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. In addition, if any person continues to violate or further violates any provision of this Article after written notice from the Commissioner, or his duly designated agent, the court may determine that each day during which the violation continued or is repeated constitutes a separate violation subject to the foregoing penalties.(b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section, for having violated G.S. 106-122, subdivision (1) or (3) if he establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the State of North Carolina from whom he received in good faith the article, to the effect that such article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Article, designating this article.(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 him of such false advertisement, unless he has refused on the request of the Commissioner of Agriculture to furnish the Commissioner the name and post-office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller or advertising agency residing in the State of North Carolina who caused him to disseminate such advertisement. (1939, c. 320, s. 5; 1975, c. 614, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 744; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-124.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-124.1 - Civil penalties.

 106-124.1. Civil penalties.(a) The Commissioner may assess a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) against any person who violates a provision of this Article or any rule adopted pursuant to this Article. In determining the amount of the penalty, the Commissioner shall consider the degree and extent of harm caused by the violation.(b) Prior to assessing a civil penalty, the Commissioner shall give the person written notice of the violation and a reasonable period of time in which to correct the violation. However, the Commissioner shall not be required to give a person time to correct a violation before assessing a penalty if the Commissioner determines the violation is likely to cause future physical injury or illness.(c) The Commissioner shall consider the training and management practices implemented by the person for the purpose of complying with this Article as a mitigating factor when determining the amount of the civil penalty.(d) The Commissioner shall remit the clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (2003-389, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-126 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-126 - Prosecutions of violations.

 106-126. Prosecutions of violations.It shall be the duty of the solicitors and district attorneys of this State to promptly prosecute all violations of this Article. (1939, c. 320, s. 7; 1973, c. 47, s. 2; c. 108, s. 54; 1975, c. 614, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-127 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-127 - Report of minor violations in discretion of Commissioner.

 106-127. Report of minor violations in discretion of Commissioner.Nothing in this Article shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner of Agriculture to report for the institution of proceedings under this Article, minor violations of this Article, whenever the Commissioner believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning. (1939, c. 320, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-128 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-128 - Establishment of reasonable standards of quality by Board of Agriculture.

 106-128. Establishment of reasonable standards of quality by Board of Agriculture.Whenever in the judgment of the Board of Agriculture such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the Board 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 Board 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 so promulgated shall conform so far as practicable to the definitions and standards promulgated by the Commissioner of the Federal Food and Drug Administration under authority conferred by section 401 of the federal act.Temporary permits now or hereafter granted for interstate shipment of experimental packs of food varying from the requirements of federal definitions and standards of identity are automatically effective in this State under the conditions provided in such permits. In addition, the Board of Agriculture may cause to be issued additional permits where they are necessary to the completion or conclusiveness of an otherwise adequate investigation and where the interests of consumers are safeguarded. Such permits are subject to the terms and conditions the Board of Agriculture may prescribe by regulation. (1939, c. 320, s. 9; 1975, c. 614, ss. 11, 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-131 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-131 - Permits governing manufacture of foods subject to contamination with microorganisms.

 106-131. Permits governing manufacture of foods subject to contamination with microorganisms.(a) Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture finds after investigation by himself or his duly authorized agents, that the distribution in North Carolina of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any locality in this State, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after such articles have entered commerce, the Commissioner, then, and in such case only, shall promulgate regulations providing for the issuance, to manufacturers, processors, or packers of such class of food in such locality, of permits to which shall be attached such conditions governing the manufacture, processing, or packing of such class of food, for such temporary period of time, as may be necessary to protect the public health; and after the effective date of such regulations, and during such temporary period, no person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce any such food manufactured, processed, or packed by any such manufacturer, processor, or packer unless such manufacturer, processor, or packer holds a permit issued by the Commissioner as provided by such regulations.(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to suspend immediately upon notice any permit issued under authority of this section if it is found that any of the conditions of the permit have been violated. The holder of a permit so suspended shall be privileged at any time to apply for the reinstatement of such permit, and the Commissioner shall immediately after prompt hearing and an inspection of the establishment, reinstate such permit if it is found that adequate measures have been taken to comply with and maintain the conditions of the permit, as originally issued, or as amended.(c) Any officer or employee duly designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture shall have access to any factory or establishment, the operator of which holds a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the conditions of the permit are being complied with, and denial of access for such inspection shall be ground for suspension of the permit until such access is freely given by the operator. (1939, c. 320, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-132 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-132 - Additives, etc., deemed unsafe.

 106-132. Additives, etc., deemed unsafe.Any added poisonous or added deleterious substance, any food additive, any pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity or any color additive, shall with respect to any particular use or intended use be deemed unsafe for the purpose of application of G.S. 106-129(1), paragraphs b and g and 106-129(4) with respect to any food, 106-133(1) with respect to any drug or device, or 106-136(1) and (5) with respect to any cosmetic, unless there is in effect a regulation pursuant to G.S. 106-139 of this Article limiting the quantity of substance, and the use or intended use of such substance conforms to the terms prescribed by such regulation. While such regulations relating to such substance are in effect, a food, drug, or cosmetic shall not, by reason of bearing or containing such substance in accordance with the regulations be considered adulterated within the meaning of G.S. 106-129(1)a, 106-133(1) and 106-136(1). (1939, c. 320, s. 13; 1975, c. 614, s. 21.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-133 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-133 - Drugs deemed to be adulterated.

 106-133. Drugs deemed to be adulterated.A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated:(1) a. If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance; orb. If it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health; orc. If it is a drug and its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health; ord. If1. It is a drug and it bears or contains, for purposes of coloring only, a color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of G.S. 106-132, or2. If it is a color additive, the intended use of which in or on drugs is for purposes of coloring only, and is unsafe within the meaning of G.S. 106-132;e. If it is a drug and the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, its manufacture, processing, packing, or holding do not conform to or are not operated or administered in conformity with current good manufacturing practice to assure that such drug meets the requirements of this Article as to safety and has the identity and strength, and meets the quality and purity characteristics, which it purports or is represented to possess.(2) If it purports to be or is represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in an official compendium, and its strength differs from, or its quality or purity falls below, the standard set forth in such compendium. Such determination as to strength, quality, or purity shall be made in accordance with the tests or methods of assay set forth in such compendium, or in the absence of or inadequacy of such tests or methods of assay, those so prescribed under authority of the federal act. No drug defined in an official compendium shall be deemed to be adulterated under this subdivision because it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity therefor set forth in such compendium, if its difference in strength, quality, or purity from such standard is plainly stated on its label. Whenever a drug is recognized in both the United States Pharmacopoeia and the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States it shall be subject to the requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia unless it is labeled and offered for sale as a homeopathic drug, in which case it shall be subject to the provisions of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States and not to those of the United States Pharmacopoeia.(3) If it is not subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of this section and its strength differs from, or its purity or quality falls below, that which it purports or is represented to possess.(4) If it is a drug and any substance has beena. Mixed or packed therewith so as to reduce its quality or strength; orb. Substituted wholly or in part therefor. (1939, c. 320, s. 14; 1975, c. 614, ss. 22-24.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-136 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 12 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|§ 106-136 - Cosmetics deemed adulterated.

 106-136. Cosmetics deemed adulterated.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 the labeling or advertisement thereof, or under such conditions of use as 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 thereon: "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 such preliminary testing. For the purposes of this subdivision and subdivision (5) the term "hair dye" shall 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 insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby 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 is, or it bears or contains a color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of G.S. 106-132. (1939, c. 320, s. 17; 1975, c. 614, s. 32.)