75-29-9 - Articles deemed misbranded. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-29-9. Articles deemed misbranded.
 

An article shall be deemed to be misbranded: 
 

First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article. 
 

Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport 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. 
 

Third. If the package containing it or its label shall bear any statement, design or device regarding the ingredients of the substances contained therein, which statement, design or device shall be false in any particular. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4668; 1930, § 4961; 1942, § 7111; Laws, 1910, ch. 132; Laws, 1983, ch. 418; Laws, 1989, ch. 312, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 1989.