217.135 Setting food standards by regulation. - Kentucky Statutes

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217.135 Setting food standards by regulation. Whenever in the judgment of the secretary such action will promote honesty and fair
dealing in the interest of consumers, the secretary may promulgate regulations fixing and
establishing for any food or class of food: a reasonable definition and standard of identity,
a reasonable standard of quality, and 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 secretary 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 under authority of the federal act, the Federal
Meat Inspection Act, or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act. Effective:
History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art.VI, sec. 107(22). -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 247, sec. 14.