§ 40:636 — Other prohibited acts

The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited:
(1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded.
(2) The adulteration, or misbranding, of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic in commerce.
(3) The receipt in commerce of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded, and the delivery or proffered delivery thereof in the original unbroken package for pay or otherwise.
(4) The forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or falsely representing or, without proper authority, using any mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device authorized or required by regulations promulgated under the provisions of this Part.
(5) The possession in any place where sales or service is made to the public of any food, drug, device or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded.
(6) The using by any person to his own advantage, or the revealing, other than to the department, its officers or employees, or to the courts when relevant in the trial of any case under this Part, any information acquired under authority of R.S. 40:612 through R.S. 40:615 or R.S. 40:631 concerning any method or process which, as a trade secret, is entitled to protection.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 482, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978.