Indiana § 15-17-2-2 - "Adulterated"

§ 15-17-2-2. "Adulterated"

Sec. 2. "Adulterated" means a food product that meets any of the following descriptions:

(1) The product bears or contains a poisonous or deleterious substance that may make the product injurious to health. However, if the substance is not an added substance, the product is not considered adulterated under this subdivision if the quantity of the substance in or on the product does not ordinarily make the product injurious to health.

(2) The product bears or contains any of the following:

(A) Any added poisonous or added deleterious substance that is unsafe within the meaning of Section 406 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the regulations adopted under that act.

(B) A pesticide chemical that is unsafe within the meaning of Section 408 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the regulations adopted under that act.

(C) A food additive that is unsafe under Section 409 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the regulations adopted under that act.

(D) A color additive that is unsafe under Section 721 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the regulations adopted under that act.

(E) A new animal drug (or conversion product of a new animal drug) that is unsafe within the meaning of Section 512 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the regulations adopted under that act.

However, a product that is not considered adulterated under clause (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) is considered adulterated if use of the pesticide chemical, food additive, or color additive in or on the product is prohibited by rules of the board in food processing establishments.

(3) The product consists in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is for any other reason unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or unfit for human food.

(4) The product has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions under which the product may have:

(A) become contaminated with filth; or

(B) been made injurious to health.

(5) The product is in whole or in part the product of an animal, including poultry, that has died from a cause other than slaughter.

(6) The product's container consists in whole or in part of a poisonous or deleterious substance that may make the contents injurious to health.

(7) The product has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or an exemption in effect under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

(8) The product is altered because:

(A) a valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or removed from the product;

(B) a substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the product;

(C) damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or

(D) a substance has been added to the product or mixed or packed with the product to increase the product's bulk or weight, reduce the product's quality or strength, or make the product appear better or of greater value than the product is.

(9) The product is oleomargarine or margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw material used in the product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is unfit for human food.

[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-2.3.]

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.