196.070. Food, when deemed adulterated. - Missouri Statutes

Food, when deemed adulterated.

196.070. A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:

(1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterioussubstance which may render it injurious to health; but in casethe substance is not an added substance such food shall not beconsidered adulterated under this subdivision if the quantity ofsuch substance in such food does not ordinarily render itinjurious to health; or

(2) If it bears or contains any added poisonous or addeddeleterious substance which is unsafe within the meaning ofsection 196.085; or

(3) If it consists, in whole or in part, of any diseased,contaminated, filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or if itis otherwise unfit for food; or

(4) If it has been produced, prepared, packed, or heldunder insanitary conditions whereby it may have becomecontaminated with filth or whereby it may have been rendereddiseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health; or

(5) If it is, in whole or in part, the product of adiseased animal or of an animal which has died otherwise than byslaughter, or that has been fed upon the uncooked offal from aslaughterhouse; or

(6) If its container is composed, in whole or in part, ofany poisonous or deleterious substance which may render thecontents injurious to health; or

(7) If any valuable constituent has been in whole or inpart omitted or abstracted therefrom; or

(8) If any substance has been substituted wholly or in parttherefor; or

(9) If damage or inferiority has been concealed in anymanner; or

(10) If any substance has been added thereto or mixed orpacked therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduceits quality or strength or make it appear better or of greatervalue than it is; or

(11) If it is confectionery and it bears or contains anyalcohol or nonnutritive article or substance except harmlesscoloring, harmless flavoring, harmless resinous glaze not inexcess of four-tenths of one percent, harmless natural wax not inexcess of four-tenths of one percent, harmless natural gum, andpectin; provided, that this subdivision shall not apply to anyconfectionery, by reason of its containing less than five percentby weight of alcohol, or to any chewing gum by reason of itscontaining harmless nonnutritive masticatory substances; or

(12) If it bears or contains a coal tar color other thanone from a batch which has been certified under authority of thefederal act.

(L. 1943 p. 559 § 9865, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474)