(1) A food is deemed to be
adulterated:
(a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may
render it injurious to health; but, in case the substance is not an added substance,
such food shall not be considered adulterated under this paragraph (a) if the
quantity of such substance in such food does not ordinarily render it injurious to
health;
(b) (I) If it bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious
substance which is unsafe within the meaning of section 25-5-413; except that a
pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity, a food additive, or a color
additive shall not be deemed a poisonous or deleterious substance within the
meaning of this paragraph (b);
(II) If it is a raw agricultural commodity and it bears or contains a pesticide
chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of section 25-5-413 (1); but, if a
pesticide chemical has been used in or on a raw agricultural commodity in
conformity with an exemption granted or tolerance prescribed under section 25-5-413 (2) and such raw agricultural commodity has been subjected to processing such
as canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating, or milling, the residue of such pesticide
chemical remaining in or on such processed food, notwithstanding the provisions of
section 25-5-413 (1) and this subparagraph (II), shall not be deemed unsafe if such
residue in or on the raw agricultural commodity has been removed to the extent
possible in good manufacturing practice and the concentration of such residue in
the processed food when ready to eat is not greater than the tolerance prescribed
for the raw agricultural commodity; or
(III) If it is, or it bears or contains any food additive which is, unsafe within the
meaning of section 25-5-413 (1);
(c) If it consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid,
or decomposed substance or if it is otherwise unfit for food;
(d) If it is produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions
whereby it may be contaminated with filth or rendered diseased, unwholesome, or
injurious to health;
(e) If it is, in whole or in part, the product of a diseased animal or an animal
which has died otherwise than by slaughter or which has been fed upon the
uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse;
(f) If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or
deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health;
(g) If it has been intentionally subjected to radiation unless the use of the
radiation was in conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to
section 25-5-413 or 21 U.S.C. sec. 348;
(h) (I) If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or
abstracted therefrom;
(II) If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefor;
(III) If damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner;
(IV) If any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith
so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it
appear better or of greater value than it is;
(i) If it is confectionery and:
(I) Has partially or completely imbedded therein any nonnutritive object; but
this subparagraph (I) shall not apply in the case of any nonnutritive object if, in the
judgment of the department as provided by regulations, such object is of practical
functional value to the confectionery product and does not render the product
injurious or hazardous to health;
(II) Bears or contains any alcohol other than alcohol not in excess of six and
twenty-five hundredths percent by volume or five percent by weight; or
(III) Bears or contains any nonnutritive substance; but this subparagraph (III)
shall not apply to a safe nonnutritive substance which is in or on confectionery by
reason of its use for some practical functional purpose in the manufacture,
packaging, or storage of such confectionery if the use of the substance does not
promote deception of the consumer or otherwise result in adulteration or
misbranding in violation of any provision of this part 4; and, furthermore, the
department, for the purpose of avoiding or resolving uncertainty as to the
application of this subparagraph (III), may issue regulations allowing or prohibiting
the use of particular nonnutritive substances;
(j) If it is, or it bears or contains a color additive which is, unsafe within the
meaning of section 25-5-413 (1) or the federal act;
(k) If it is chopped or ground beef or hamburger and it contains any meat
other than the voluntary striated muscle of beef, or the total fat content, derived
solely from beef, is in excess of thirty percent, or it contains any substance other
than those which the department has by regulation declared to be permitted
optional ingredients;
(l) If it is fresh meat or a fresh meat product, or fresh poultry, parts thereof,
or fresh poultry products, and contains any antiseptic or chemical preservative;
(m) If it is meat or a meat product and contains any artificial coloring or if it is
contained in an artificially colored casing or wrapper; except that the department
may by regulation establish the conditions of the use of artificial color in casings
and wrappers;
(n) If it is pork sausage or pork breakfast sausage and the total fat content is
in excess of fifty percent.