§ 21-31-9 - Promulgation of reasonable standards by director. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 21-31-9

   § 21-31-9  Promulgation of reasonablestandards by director. – Whenever in the judgment of the director of health an action will promotehonesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the director of healthshall promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food or class offood a reasonable definition and standard of identity, and/or reasonablestandard of quality and/or fill of container. In prescribing a definition andstandard of identity for any food or class of food in which optionalingredients are permitted, the director of health shall, for the purpose ofpromoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate theoptional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definitions andstandards promulgated shall conform so far as practicable to the definitionsand standards promulgated under authority of the Federal Act.