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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-21 - Purpose of Division; Standards; Construction of Chapter.

Section 20-1-21
Purpose of division; standards; construction of chapter.
(a) The purpose of this division is to prevent the manufacture, possession, sale, or delivery of out-of-date Class A foods and adulterated or misbranded food and drugs.
(b) The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the power and authority and it shall be its duty to fix the standards of purity for all food and drug products which shall be, so far as practical, in accordance with the standards promulgated by the federal government through its duly authorized agents.
(c) The provisions of this chapter regarding the sale of any article shall be considered to include the manufacture, production, packaging, offer, offer for transportation, transportation, exposure, possession, and holding of any such article and the supplying or applying of any such article in the conduct of any food establishment.
(Ag. Code 1927, §36; Code 1940, T. 2, §303; Act 2000-320, p. 505, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-22 - When Articles Deemed Adulterated - Food Generally.

Section 20-1-22
When articles deemed adulterated - Food generally.
An article shall be deemed adulterated in the case of food:
(1) If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength;
(2) If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the article;
(3) If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted;
(4) If it is mixed, colored, powdered, coated, stained, or otherwise treated in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed or in a manner whereby the appearance of said article is improved; provided, that this subdivision shall not apply to the precoloring or processing of fruits where such precoloring or processing does not conceal damage or inferiority;
(5) If it contains any poisonous or deleterious ingredient which may render such article injurious to health;
(6) If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or of one that has died otherwise than by slaughter;
(7) If, in the course of its preparation or manufacture, an ingredient of inferior food value has been substituted in whole or in part for an ingredient of greater food value; or
(8) If it does not conform to the standard of purity or quality established for the article; provided, that when in the preparation of food products for shipment they are preserved by an external application applied in such a manner that the preservative is necessarily removed mechanically or by maceration in water or otherwise, and directions for the removal of said preservative shall be printed on the covering of the package, the provisions of this division shall be construed as applying only when said products are ready for consumption.
(Ag. Code 1927, §39; Code 1940, T. 2, §306.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-23 - When Articles Deemed Adulterated - Confectionery.

Section 20-1-23
When articles deemed adulterated - Confectionery.
In the case of confectionery, it shall be deemed adulterated if it contains terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, burnt umber, or other mineral substance or poisonous coloring or flavoring or other ingredients detrimental to health or any vinous, malt, or spirituous liquor or compound or narcotic drug.
(Acts 1909, No. 190, p. 237; Code 1923, §4402; Code 1940, T. 2, §312.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-24 - When Articles Deemed Adulterated - Drugs.

Section 20-1-24
When articles deemed adulterated - Drugs.
An article shall be deemed adulterated in the case of drugs:
(1) If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary, if differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity, as determined by the test laid down in the United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary, official at the time of investigation;
(2) If, when an article not recognized by the United States pharmacopoeia or national formulary, its strength or purity falls below the professed standard or quality under which it is sold; or
(3) If its strength or purity falls below the standard of quality provided by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Ag. Code 1927, §40; Code 1940, T. 2, §307.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-25 - When Articles Deemed Misbranded Generally - Food.

Section 20-1-25
When articles deemed misbranded generally - Food.
An article of food shall be deemed misbranded in the following cases:
(1) If it is offered for sale under the name of another article;
(2) If it is labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purports to be a foreign product when not so or if the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such package;
(3) If, in package form, the name of the article together with the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count and the name and principal address of the manufacturer or other person responsible for placing the article on the market are not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package;
(4) If, in package form, the package is not filled with the food it purports to contain within the limits of tolerance fixed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, irrespective of whether the quantity of the contents is plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count;
(5) If the package containing it or its label shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding the ingredients or the substances contained therein, which statement, design, or device shall be false or misleading in any particular;
(6) If, in bulk, it is colored so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser;
(7) If it is offered for sale under false representations;
(8) If it is an imitation of another article and is not marked with the word "imitation," followed, without intervening descriptive matter, by a list of the ingredients contained therein;
(9) If it is a compound for which no standard of purity or quality has been established, and it is not labeled with the word "compound" followed, without intervening descriptive matter, by a list of the ingredients; provided, that in the case of a compound which may be now or from time to time hereafter known as an article of food under its own distinctive name and which is not an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article, it shall not be deemed to be misbranded if the name of the article is accompanied on the same label or brand with a statement of the place where such article was manufactured or produced; or
(10) If the package, label, or brand fails to give the ingredients or substances by their common names.
(Ag. Code 1927, §42; Code 1940, T. 2, §309.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-26 - When Articles Deemed Misbranded Generally - Drugs.

Section 20-1-26
When articles deemed misbranded generally - Drugs.
A drug shall be deemed misbranded in the following cases:
(1) If it is an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article;
(2) If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package, or if the package fails to bear a statement of the net contents on the label of the quantity or proportion of any alcohol or any narcotic or habit-forming drug, together with a statement that such drug is narcotic or habit-forming, as the case may be; or
(3) If its package or label shall bear or contain any statement, design, or device regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of such article or of any of the ingredients or substances contained therein which is false or fraudulent.
(Ag. Code 1927, §43; Code 1940, T. 2, §310.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-27 - Prohibited Activities.

Section 20-1-27
Prohibited activities.
No person shall engage in any of the following activities within this state:
(1) Manufacture for sale herein, have in his or her possession with intent to sell, offer or expose for sale, sell, or deliver any article of food or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this division.
(2) Sell or offer for sale out-of-date Class A foods which include baby food, infant formula, and potentially hazardous food.
(3)a. Obscure, remove, or otherwise render illegible any information appearing on beverage labels, packages, or containers related to production information, best before dates, or other disclosure printed on, affixed to, or appearing on the labels, packages, or containers.
b. This subdivision shall not apply to any alteration of a beverage label, package, or container made by, or at the direction of, either the owner of the trademark rights to the brand that appears on the beverage label, package, or container or an authorized manufacturer of the beverage.
c. This subdivision shall not apply to alcoholic beverages as defined in Section 28-3-1.
d. This subdivision shall not apply to any entity, organization, or association, including, but not limited to, a nonprofit or other fund-raising organization that does not operate for a commercial purpose.
(4)a. Store or transport any beverage product that bears a labeling that has been obscured, removed, or rendered illegible as described in subdivision (3).
b. This subdivision shall not apply to any alteration of a beverage label, package, or container made by, or at the direction of, either the owner of the trademark rights to the brand that appears on the beverage label, package, or container or an authorized manufacturer of the beverage.
c. This subdivision shall not apply to alcoholic beverages as defined in Section 28-3-1.
d. This subdivision shall not apply to any entity, organization, or association, including, but not limited to, a nonprofit or other fund-raising organization that does not operate for a commercial purpose.
(Ag. Code 1927, §37; Code 1940, T. 2, §304; Act 2000-320, p. 505, §1; Act 2012-472, p. 1302, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-28 - Manufacture, Sale, etc., of Soft Drinks, etc., Colored With Coal Tar Preparation, etc., or Sweetened With Artificial Sweeteners; Labeling and Display for Sale of Artificially Sweetened Soft Drinks, etc., Manufactured for Special Dietary Use by Certain Persons.

Section 20-1-28
Manufacture, sale, etc., of soft drinks, etc., colored with coal tar preparation, etc., or sweetened with artificial sweeteners; labeling and display for sale of artificially sweetened soft drinks, etc., manufactured for special dietary use by certain persons.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1907, §7082; Acts 1915, No. 467, p. 489; Code 1923, §4437; Code 1940, T. 2, §313; Acts 1955, No. 228, p. 537.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-29 - Shipment, Offer for Shipment, or Sale of Certain Citrus Fruits.

Section 20-1-29
Shipment, offer for shipment, or sale of certain citrus fruits.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Ag. Code 1927, §313; Code 1940, T. 2, §315.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-30 - Sale, Offer for Sale, etc., of Certain Artificially Colored Potatoes.

Section 20-1-30
Sale, offer for sale, etc., of certain artificially colored potatoes.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1963, No. 534, p. 1146.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-31 - Possession, Transportation, etc., of Items in Violation of Division, Chapter.

Section 20-1-31
Possession, transportation, etc., of items in violation of division, chapter.
(a) The having in possession by any person, firm, or corporation who manufactures or exposes for sale any out-of-date Class A foods and adulterated or misbranded food or drugs within the meaning of this division shall be prima facie evidence of having in possession with intent to sell in violation of its provisions; except, that any manufacturer, wholesaler, or jobber may keep properly identified goods which might otherwise be in violation of the provisions of this division specially set apart in his stock for sale in other states. Out-of-date foods shall be stored in an area such that out-of-date Class A foods are not offered for sale to the public and shall be clearly marked "Not to be sold." If not so identified and segregated, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the food is in possession with intent to sell in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(b) No provision of this section shall be construed to allow the storage or transportation of any food which is otherwise required by law to be destroyed or otherwise rendered unusable except for the purpose of such destruction or rendering unusable.
(Acts 1919, No. 708, p. 1031; Code 1923, §4396; Code 1940, T. 2, §314; Act 2000-320, p. 505, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-32 - Exemption From Prosecution of Dealers.

Section 20-1-32
Exemption from prosecution of dealers.
No dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this division when the dealer can establish a bona fide guarantee signed by a reputable wholesaler, jobber, or manufacturer within the United States from whom he or she purchased such articles that they are not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this division, designating it and that he or she has no knowledge of such adulteration or misbranding at the time they were purchased by that dealer. Such guarantee shall contain the name and address of the vendor who shall be amenable to the prosecutions, fines, and other penalties to which the purchaser would otherwise be amenable. Provided, however, there shall be no exemption from prosecution with regard to the sale or the offer for sale of out-of-date food products by the dealer. There shall be no exemption from prosecution with regard to the sale or the offer for sale of food products that have become out-of-date, adulterated, or misbranded after purchase by the dealer.
(Ag. Code 1927, §45; Code 1940, T. 2, §311; Act 2000-320, p. 505, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-35 - Food Safety Advisory Committee.

Section 20-1-35
Food Safety Advisory Committee.
There is hereby created the Food Safety Advisory Committee to provide recommendations to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries concerning the promulgation of rules and regulations related to the establishment and definition of class violations under Section 20-1-34, and other definitions required under Section 20-1-34 (d)(5). The committee shall consist of six members to be appointed by the president of each of the following organizations: The Alabama Retail Association, the Alabama Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the Business Council of Alabama, the Alabama Grocer's Association, the Alabama Association of Convenience Stores, and the Alabama Vending Association.
(Act 2000-320, p. 505, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-36 - Donations to Exempt Organizations.

Section 20-1-36
Donations to exempt organizations.
Nothing in Act 2000-320 shall prohibit the donation of any food by any food sales establishment, food manufacturer, or food distributor to an organization defined under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Nor shall the provisions of Act 2000-320 prohibit the sale, donation, or other distribution of any food by a Section 501(c)(3) organization to a 501(c) organization. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the term food as used in this section shall not include an out-of-date Class A food or an adulterated food as defined by law.
(Act 2000-320, p. 505, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally. › Section 20-1-37 - Provisions Cumulative and Supplemental.

Section 20-1-37
Provisions cumulative and supplemental.
The provisions of Act 2000-320 are cumulative and supplemental to and in furtherance of any statutory or common law or other legal right, duty, power, or authority of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
(Act 2000-320, p. 505, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 2 - Cosmetics. › Section 20-1-50 - Definitions.

Section 20-1-50
Definitions.
(a) When used in this division, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ARTICLE. Such term, when referring to a cosmetic, is used in the broad and comprehensive sense and has reference to the cosmetic product in question.
(2) COSMETIC. An article intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled or sprayed on, introduced into or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness or altering the appearance and the component parts of such an article. Such term does not include a soap.
(3) STANDARD OF PURITY OR QUALITY. The standard of purity and quality fixed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(b) Other words and phrases used in this division shall be defined as in Section 2-1-1.
(Acts 1947, No. 134, p. 42, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 2 - Cosmetics. › Section 20-1-51 - When Cosmetics Deemed Adulterated.

Section 20-1-51
When cosmetics deemed adulterated.
(a) A cosmetic shall be deemed 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 thereof or under such conditions of use as are customary and usual;
(2) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance;
(3) If it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or 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; or
(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 in accordance with regulations promulgated under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
(b) The provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to coal-tar hair dye if the label thereof bears the following legend conspicuously displayed thereon: "Caution!! This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals. A preliminary test according to the accompanying directions should be made before using it. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows - to do so may cause blindness." And the labeling of any such article must contain adequate directions for preliminary testing.
(c) As used in subdivisions (1) and (5) of subsection (a) of this section, the term "hair dye" does not include eyelash or eyebrow dyes.
(Acts 1947, No. 134, p. 42, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 2 - Cosmetics. › Section 20-1-52 - When Cosmetics Deemed Misbranded.

Section 20-1-52
When cosmetics deemed misbranded.
(a) A cosmetic shall be deemed misbranded:
(1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;
(2) If it is in package form and does not bear a label containing the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor and a statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count;
(3) If any word, statement, or other information required to be placed in the labeling by or under authority of this division is not placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use; or
(4) If its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading.
(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may permit reasonable variations and exemptions of small packages from subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section.
(Acts 1947, No. 134, p. 42, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 2 - Cosmetics. › Section 20-1-54 - Effect of Possession by Manufacturer, etc., of Adulterated or Misbranded Cosmetics.

Section 20-1-54
Effect of possession by manufacturer, etc., of adulterated or misbranded cosmetics.
The having in possession of an adulterated or misbranded cosmetic shall be prima facie evidence of having it in possession with the intent to sell it in violation of this division; provided, that a manufacturer, wholesaler, or jobber may keep such products set apart in his stock for sale in other states if he properly identifies them, although the possession of such products might otherwise be in violation of this division.
(Acts 1947, No. 134, p. 42, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 2 - Cosmetics. › Section 20-1-55 - Exemption From Prosecution of Dealers.

Section 20-1-55
Exemption from prosecution of dealers.
No dealer shall be prosecuted under this division when he can establish a bona fide guarantee, signed by a reputable wholesaler, jobber, or manufacturer from whom he purchased the article that the article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this division (designating it) and that he had no knowledge of such adulteration or misbranding at the time the article was purchased. A guarantee given pursuant to this section must contain the name and address of the vendor from whom the article was purchased, who shall be amendable to the prosecutions, fines, and other penalties to which the purchaser would otherwise be liable.
(Acts 1947, No. 134, p. 42, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 2 - Cosmetics. › Section 20-1-56 - Construction of Division.

Section 20-1-56
Construction of division.
This division shall be construed to be supplemental to Division 1 of this article, which relates to the regulation of the manufacture, possession, and sale of food and drugs.
(Acts 1947, No. 134, p. 42, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding. › Division 2 - Cosmetics. › Section 20-1-57 - Standards of Purity and Quality.

Section 20-1-57
Standards of purity and quality.
The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the power to fix the standards of purity and quality of cosmetics.
(Acts 1947, No. 134, p. 42, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 3 - Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits. › Section 20-1-70 - Short Title.

Section 20-1-70
Short title.
This article shall be known as the Bread, Flour, and Cornmeal Enrichment Act.
(Acts 1943, No. 500, p. 470, §1; Acts 1953, No. 815, p. 1097.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 3 - Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits. › Section 20-1-71 - Definitions.

Section 20-1-71
Definitions.
When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) BREAD. Such term includes and shall be limited to bread and rolls (or buns) of every kind and description made wholly or partly from wheat flour which conforms to the definition and standard of identity of bread set out in 21 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 17. Such term excludes bread containing no wheat flour or breads made from 100 percent whole wheat flour, but includes breads made from mixtures of white flour and whole wheat flour, the so-called brown breads.
(2) FLOUR. Such term includes and shall be limited to the foods defined as:
a. Flour, white flour, wheat flour, and plain flour;
b. Bromated flour;
c. Self-rising flour, self-rising white flour, and self-rising wheat flour; and
d. Phosphated flour, phosphated white flour, and phosphated wheat flour in the definitions and standards of identity set out in 21 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 15. Such term also includes all mixtures of such flours with whole wheat or high-extraction flours, but excludes 100 percent whole wheat flour and specially packaged cake and pancake flour.
(3) CORNMEAL. All meal for human consumption made from corn, either white or yellow, whole cornmeal, bolted cornmeal, and degerminated cornmeal as defined in definitions and standards of identity set out in 21 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 15.
(4) GRITS. Grits, pearl grits, and degerminated grits made from corn by grinding or cracking as defined in the standards of identity set out in 21 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 15.
(5) ENRICHMENT. As applied to bread, flour, meal, or grits, such term means the addition thereto of vitamins and other ingredients of the nature required by this article and "enriched bread," "enriched flour," "enriched whole cornmeal," "enriched bolted meal," "enriched degerminated meal," or "enriched grits" means the appropriate food product, according to the federal standards of identity, that has been enriched to conform to the requirements of this article.
(6) PERSON. An individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, or any unincorporated organization.
(7) APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCY. The federal agency or department or administrative federal officer charged with the enforcement and administration of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
(8) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Acts 1943, No. 500, p. 470, §2; Acts 1953, No. 815, p. 1097.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 3 - Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits. › Section 20-1-72 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 20-1-72
Applicability of provisions of article.
(a) The terms of this article shall not apply to flour, cornmeal, or grits sold to bakers or other commercial secondary processors, if, prior to or simultaneously with delivery, the purchaser furnishes to the seller a certificate of intent, in such form as the board shall by regulation prescribe, certifying that such product shall be used only for the preparation of secondary products enriched within the given establishment to meet the requirements of this article or for the manufacture of products not required to be enriched by this article. It shall be unlawful for such purchaser to use the unenriched flour, cornmeal, or corn grits in any manner other than as stated in the certificate.
(b) The terms of this article shall not apply to whole wheat flour, whole wheat bread, cake flour, or specialty breads such as raisin bread or cheese bread, but, if enrichment of such specialty products is claimed on the label, then such products must be enriched according to the standards prescribed by this article for comparable nonspecialty products.
(Acts 1943, No. 500, p. 470, §3; Acts 1953, No. 815, p. 1097.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 3 - Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits. › Section 20-1-73 - Minimum Requirements as to Amounts of Vitamins and Other Ingredients - Cornmeal and Grits.

Section 20-1-73
Minimum requirements as to amounts of vitamins and other ingredients - Cornmeal and grits.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, trade, or offer for sale or trade for human consumption in this state any cornmeal or grits unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contained in each pound of such product:
(1) Not less than two milligrams and not more than three milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamine);
(2) Not less than 1.2 milligrams and not more than 1.8 milligrams of riboflavin;
(3) Not less than 16 milligrams and not more than 24 milligrams of niacin or niacin amide; and
(4) Not less than 13 milligrams and not more than 26 milligrams of iron (Fe).
(b) Such products may contain as optional ingredients not less than 500 milligrams and not more than 750 milligrams of calcium per pound and not less than 250 U.S.P. units and not more than 1,000 U.S.P. units of vitamin D per pound.
(Acts 1943, No. 500, p. 470, §3; Acts 1953, No. 815, p. 1097.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 3 - Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits. › Section 20-1-74 - Minimum Requirements as to Amounts of Vitamins and Other Ingredients - Flour.

Section 20-1-74
Minimum requirements as to amounts of vitamins and other ingredients - Flour.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, trade, or offer for sale or trade for human consumption in this state any flour unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contained in each pound of such product:
(1) Not less than two milligrams and not more than 2.5 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamine);
(2) Not less than 1.2 milligrams and not more than 1.5 milligrams of riboflavin;
(3) Not less than 16 milligrams and not more than 20 milligrams of niacin or niacin amide; and
(4) Not less than 13 milligrams and not more than 16.5 milligrams of iron (Fe).
(b) Such products may contain as optional ingredients not less than 500 milligrams and not more than 625 milligrams of calcium per pound and not less than 250 U.S.P. units and not more than 1,000 U.S.P. units of vitamin D per pound.
(Acts 1953, No. 815, p. 1097.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 3 - Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits. › Section 20-1-75 - Minimum Requirements as to Amounts of Vitamins and Other Ingredients - Bread.

Section 20-1-75
Minimum requirements as to amounts of vitamins and other ingredients - Bread.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, bake, sell, or offer for sale or to receive in interstate shipment for sale for human consumption in this state any bread (as defined in subdivision (1) of Section 20-1-71) unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contained in each pound of such bread:
(1) Not less than 1.10 milligrams and not more than 1.80 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamine);
(2) Not less than 10.0 milligrams and not more than 15.0 milligrams of niacin or niacin amide;
(3) Not less than 0.7 milligrams and not more than 1.60 milligrams of riboflavin; and
(4) Not less than eight milligrams and not more than 12.5 milligrams of iron (Fe).
(b) Such bread may contain as optional ingredients not less than 300 milligrams and not more than 800 milligrams of calcium and/or not less than 150 U.S.P. units and not more than 750 U.S.P. units of vitamin D per pound.
(Acts 1943, No. 500, p. 470, §4; Acts 1953, No. 815, p. 1097.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 3 - Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits. › Section 20-1-76 - Enrichment of Bread.

Section 20-1-76
Enrichment of bread.
(a) This article requires the enrichment of white bread.
(b) The enrichment of bread may be accomplished through the use of enriched flour, enriched yeast, other enriched ingredients, synthetic vitamins, approved iron salts, or by any combination of approved methods which will produce enriched bread which meets the requirements of Section 20-1-75. The enrichment ingredients shall be uniformly distributed throughout the product.
Iron shall be added only in forms that are approved by the appropriate federal agency.
(Acts 1943, No. 500, p. 470, §§3, 5; Acts 1953, No. 815, p. 1097.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 3 - Bread, Flour, Cornmeal, and Grits. › Section 20-1-77 - Requirements as to Labeling.

Section 20-1-77
Requirements as to labeling.
It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in this state any enriched flour, enriched bread, enriched cornmeal, or enriched grits which fails to conform to the labeling requirements of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the appropriate federal agency or state agency with respect to flour, bread, cornmeal, or grits introduced into interstate commerce.
(Acts 1943, No. 500, p. 470, §6; Acts 1953, No. 815, p. 1097.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 4 - Nuts. › Section 20-1-90 - Sale or Offer for Sale of Infested, Mouldy, Decayed, etc., Pecans, Almonds, Chestnuts, Etc.

Section 20-1-90
Sale or offer for sale of infested, mouldy, decayed, etc., pecans, almonds, chestnuts, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association to sell or offer for sale any insect-infested, mouldy, rancid, decayed, decomposed, or otherwise inedible pecans, almonds, Brazil nuts, chestnuts, filberts, walnuts, or pistachio nuts to anyone other than to cracking, shelling, or other processing plants, unless such nuts come within a tolerance to be prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for the sale of such nuts.
(Acts 1965, No. 857, p. 1600, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 4 - Nuts. › Section 20-1-91 - Sale or Offer for Sale of "Blow-Outs," "Pops," "Culls," Etc.

Section 20-1-91
Sale or offer for sale of "blow-outs," "pops," "culls," etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association to sell or offer for sale for any purpose pecans or any other nuts designated in Section 20-1-90 when such nuts are commonly known and designated at shelling, grading, cracking, or cleaning plants as "blow-outs," "pops," "culls," or rejected nuts, unless such nuts are crushed or otherwise denatured to render the nuts unfit for human consumption.
(Acts 1965, No. 857, p. 1600, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 4 - Nuts. › Section 20-1-92 - Requirements as to Labeling of Packages or Containers.

Section 20-1-92
Requirements as to labeling of packages or containers.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association to sell or offer for sale pecans or any other nuts designated in Section 20-1-90 in package form unless the package or other container is plainly and conspicuously labeled to show the name of the nuts, the net weight of the nuts, and the name and address of the packer or distributor.
(Acts 1965, No. 857, p. 1600, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 4 - Nuts. › Section 20-1-93 - Adoption of Standards and Variations or Tolerances.

Section 20-1-93
Adoption of standards and variations or tolerances.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby expressly authorized to adopt and promulgate standards and reasonable variations or tolerances for the sale of pecans and other nuts in accordance with Section 20-1-90.
(Acts 1965, No. 857, p. 1600, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 5 - Oleomargarine. › Section 20-1-110 - Short Title.

Section 20-1-110
Short title.
This article shall be known as the Oleomargarine Fortification Act.
(Acts 1943, No. 501, p. 475, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 5 - Oleomargarine. › Section 20-1-111 - Minimum Requirements as to Units of Vitamin A.

Section 20-1-111
Minimum requirements as to units of vitamin A.
It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, processor, or dealer in oleomargarine in the State of Alabama to sell or offer for sale any such product within this state which does not contain at least 9,000 United States pharmacopoeia units of vitamin A per pound, except that sold for use as an ingredient in the processing of another product.
(Acts 1943, No. 501, p. 475, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 5 - Oleomargarine. › Section 20-1-112 - Changes of Specifications as to Addition of Vitamins to Oleomargarine by State Board of Agriculture and Industries.

Section 20-1-112
Changes of specifications as to addition of vitamins to oleomargarine by State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is empowered with the authority and is directed to change or add to the specifications for ingredients and the amounts thereof required to conform to any changes in 21 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 45, concerning the addition of vitamins to oleomargarine.
(Acts 1943, No. 501, p. 475, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 5 - Oleomargarine. › Section 20-1-113 - Requirements as to Labeling.

Section 20-1-113
Requirements as to labeling.
All oleomargarine sold in the State of Alabama must be labeled in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare governing the labeling of oleomargarine with added vitamins sold in interstate trade.
(Acts 1943, No. 501, p. 475, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 6 - Mellorine. › Section 20-1-130 - Definitions Generally.

Section 20-1-130
Definitions generally.
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama.
(2) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, or association, whether or not incorporated.
(3) FOOD FATS. Edible, natural fats derived from vegetable or animal sources or a combination thereof, including only such milk fat as is normally contained in products enumerated in subdivision (4) of this section. Food fats as defined in this subdivision may contain harmless optional ingredients in an amount not exceeding .005 percent of the weight of the fat used to prevent fat oxidation.
(4) MILK SOLIDS NOT FAT. Any skim milk, concentrated (evaporated or condensed) skim milk, superheated condensed skim milk, sweetened condensed skim milk, nonfat dry milk solids, edible dry whey, cheese whey, sweet cream buttermilk (whether fluid, condensed, or dried), and any of the foregoing products from which all or a portion of the lactose has been removed after crystallization or the lactose has been converted to simple sugars by hydrolysis.
(5) SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENERS. Any sugar, liquid sugar, dextrose, invert sugar (paste or syrup), lactose, corn sugar, dried or liquid corn syrup, maple syrup, maple sugar, honey, brown sugar, malt syrup, dried malt extract, or molasses (other than blackstrap).
(6) FLAVORS.
a. Natural food flavoring;
b. Artificial food flavoring;
c. Fruit juice, which may be fresh, frozen, canned, concentrated, or dried and which may be sweetened or thickened with one or more of the optional stabilizing ingredients specified in subdivision (8) of this section;
d. Chocolate;
e. Cocoa;
f. Fruit which may be fresh, frozen, canned, concentrated, shredded, pureed, comminuted, or dried and which may be sweetened, thickened with stabilizer and may be acidulated with citric, tartaric, malic, lactic, or ascorbic acid;
g. Nut meats; or
h. Confectionery.
(7) EGG INGREDIENTS. Any liquid eggs, frozen eggs, whole egg solids (dried eggs), egg yolks, frozen yolks, or egg yolk solids (dried egg yolks).
(8) STABILIZING AND EMULSIFYING INGREDIENTS. Any gelatins, algin, extract of Irish moss, psyllium seed husk, agar, gum accacia, gum karaya, locust bean gum, gum tragacanth, cellulose gum, guar seed gum, monoglycerides or diglycerides or both of fat-forming fatty acids or other harmless stabilizers or emulsifiers.
(9) U.S.P. UNITS. Such values as are recognized by the United States pharmacopoeia.
(Acts 1953, No. 91, p. 134, §2; Acts 1953, No. 475, p. 591, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 6 - Mellorine. › Section 20-1-131 - Purpose of Article.

Section 20-1-131
Purpose of article.
The purpose of this article is to authorize and regulate the manufacture and sale of the frozen food product designated as "Mellorine," any other provisions of law or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to the contrary notwithstanding.
(Acts 1953, No. 91, p. 134, §1; Acts 1953, No. 475, p. 591, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 6 - Mellorine. › Section 20-1-132 - Definition and Standards for Mellorine.

Section 20-1-132
Definition and standards for mellorine.
(a) "Mellorine" means a frozen food product consisting primarily of a sweetened combination of edible vegetable or animal fats, milk solids not fat and other ingredients and all ingredients of which shall be of the quality and in the quantity required under the standards established by the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
It is the food prepared by freezing while stirring, a pasteurized mix composed of: edible food fats, as defined in subdivision (3) of Section 20-1-130; milk solids not fat as defined in subdivision (4) of Section 20-1-130; sugar or other sweeteners as defined in subdivision (5) of Section 20-1-130; flavor or flavors as defined in subdivision (6) of Section 20-1-130. Added vitamins, one or more of the optional egg ingredients as defined in subdivision (7) of Section 20-1-130 and one or more of the optional stabilizing or emulsifying ingredients as defined in subdivision (8) of Section 20-1-130 may be used in an amount not exceeding one half of one percent of the active ingredients (whether used singly or in combination) of the weight of the finished product.
(b) The standards hereby established for mellorine are as follows: It shall contain not less than 10 percent by weight of food fats and not less than 20 percent food fats and milk solids not fat combined, except when it contains one or more of the optional flavoring ingredients as "flavors" are defined in subdivision (6) of Section 20-1-130, in which case it shall contain not less than 10 percent food fats and not less than 20 percent food fats and milk solids not fat combined, except for such reduction as is due to the addition of such optional flavoring ingredients, but in no case shall it contain less than eight percent food fats or less than 16 percent food fats and milk solids not fat combined. It shall contain not less than 1.6 pounds of total food solids and shall weigh not less than 4.5 pounds per gallon. Harmless coloring and water may be added. The mix may be seasoned with salt and may be homogenized. The mix must be enriched by the addition of vitamins which are naturally present in milk fat in such amount that the vitamin A (with or without vitamin D concentrate) content is not less than 8,400 U.S.P. units of vitamin A per gallon of finished mellorine containing 10 percent of food fats and weighing 4.5 pounds. When mellorine contains more than 10 percent food fats, the vitamin content shall be increased proportionately.
(Acts 1953, No. 91, p. 134, §§2, 3; Acts 1953, No. 475, p. 591, §§2, 3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. › Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration. › Article 6 - Mellorine. › Section 20-1-133 - Permit Required for Manufacturing, Processing, Packaging, Sale, etc., of Mellorine; Application and Fee Therefor.

Section 20-1-133
Permit required for manufacturing, processing, packaging, sale, etc., of mellorine; application and fee therefor.
No person shall operate a plant producing, manufacturing, processing, freezing, or packaging mellorine without a permit from the commissioner to engage in such business. Permits issued under this section shall be valid after issuance until January 1 of the next succeeding year and shall be renewed annually. Applications for such permits shall be made to the commissioner upon forms prescribed by the commissioner after complying with the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations of the commissioner and the State Health Department, and upon the payment of the permit fee of $1.00 applicants shall be issued a permit and shall be eligible to produce, manufacture, process, freeze, package, and sell mellorine.
(Acts 1953, No. 91, p. 134, §9; Acts 1953, No. 475, p. 591, §9.)