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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/717/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 717 - Prosecution of violators; notice
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 717 - Prosecution of violators; notice
It shall be the duty of prosecuting attorneys to proceed without delay to prosecute violators of this chapter. Before filing any complaint the Secretary shall give notice to the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated and such person shall be given an opportunity to present his views either orally or in wri...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/718/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 718 - Warning for minor violations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 718 - Warning for minor violations
Nothing in this chapter shall tend to require the Secretary to file complaints for minor violations, provided the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice or warning. History —Apr. 26, 1940, No. 72, p. 492, § 8, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1940.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/719/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 719 - Food standards
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 719 - Food standards
Whenever in the judgment of the Secretary it shall be advisable to promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, he shall promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for foods, reasonable definitions and standards of identity, and/or reasonable standards of quality and/or fill of containers. In pres...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/720/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 720 - Food adulteration
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 720 - Food adulteration
A food shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which renders it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not added, such food shall not be considered adulterated under this subsection if the quantity of such substance does not render it injuriou...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/721/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 721 - Food misbranding
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 721 - Food misbranding
A food shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (b) If it is offered for sale under the name of another food. (c) If it is an imitation of another food, unless its label bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word “imitation”, and, immediately thereafte...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/722/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 722 - Food permits; issuance; revocation; reinstatement
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 722 - Food permits; issuance; revocation; reinstatement
(a) Whenever the Secretary finds after investigation that the distribution of food in Puerto Rico, may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during the manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after such...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/723/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 723 - Poisonous substance in food; regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 723 - Poisonous substance in food; regulations
Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food except where such substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided in good manufacturing practice, shall be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of subsection (a)(2) of § 720 of this title; but when the presence of such substanc...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/724/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 724 - Drug adulteration
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 724 - Drug adulteration
A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) (1) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance; or (2) if it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injur...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/725/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 725 - Drug misbranding
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 725 - Drug misbranding
A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (b) If in package form and it does not bear a label setting forth: (1) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, and (2) an accurate statement of the quantity or the content...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/726/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 726 - New drugs; exceptions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 726 - New drugs; exceptions
(a) No person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale or give away any new drug unless: (1) The application with respect thereto has become effective under § 505 of the Federal Act, or (B) a full list of the articles used as components; (C) a full statement of its composition; (D) a full description of the m...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/727/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 727 - Cosmetic adulteration
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 727 - Cosmetic adulteration
A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious under the conditions for its application prescribed in the labeling or advertisement thereof, or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual; Provided, That this rule...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/728/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 728 - Cosmetic misbranding
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 728 - Cosmetic misbranding
A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (b) If in package form unless it bears a label containing: (1) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, and (2) an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/729/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 729 - False advertising
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 729 - False advertising
(a) An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular. (b) For the purpose of this chapter the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, B...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/730/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 730 - Regulations; notice, hearing, effective date
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 730 - Regulations; notice, hearing, effective date
(a) The authority to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of this chapter is hereby vested in the Secretary. The said Secretary is hereby likewise authorized to make the regulations thus promulgated conform, insofar as possible, with those promulgated under the Federal Act. (b) The public hearings authorized or r...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/731/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 731 - Inspection
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 731 - Inspection
The Secretary or his duly authorized agent shall have free access at any reasonable hour to any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which foods, drugs, devices or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into commerce, or may enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such food...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/732/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 732 - Dissemination of information
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 732 - Dissemination of information
(a) The Secretary may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this chapter, including the nature of the charge and the order derived therefrom. (b) The Secretary may also cause to be disseminated such information on food, drugs,...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/741/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 741 - Short title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 741 - Short title
This chapter shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Wholesome Poultry and Poultry Products for Human Consumption Act”. History —July 7, 1971, No. 10, p. 601, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/742/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 742 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 742 - Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below: (a) Secretary. — The Secretary of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or his authorized representative. (b) Person. — Any natural or juridical person, his employees, agents or representatives. (c) Department. — The Depar...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/743/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 743 - Federal and Commonwealth cooperation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 743 - Federal and Commonwealth cooperation
(a) The Department of Health is hereby designated as the Commonwealth agency in charge of cooperating with the United States Secretary of Agriculture under the provisions of § 5 of the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act in developing and administering a Commonwealth poultry and poultry products inspection program ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/744/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 744 - Ante mortem, post mortem, reinspection and quarantine
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 744 - Ante mortem, post mortem, reinspection and quarantine
(a) For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce of any adulterated poultry product which is capable of use as human food, the Secretary shall, wherever and whenever he deems it necessary, carry out, through authorized inspectors, ante mortem inspections in each official establishment processing poultry...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/745/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 745 - Sanitary facilities and practices
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 745 - Sanitary facilities and practices
(a) Every official establishment slaughtering poultry or poultry products for intrastate commerce shall have such premises, facilities and equipment, and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices, as are required by regulations promulgated by the Secretary for the purpose of preventing the entry into intra...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/746/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 746 - Standards, labeling and containers
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 746 - Standards, labeling and containers
(a) All poultry products inspected under the authority of this chapter at any official establishment and found to be unadulterated shall, at the time they leave the establishment, bear, in distinctly legible form, on the shipping containers as well as on the immediate containers, the information required by the Secreta...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/747/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 747 - Prohibited acts
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 747 - Prohibited acts
(a) No person shall, with respect to poultry and poultry products: (1) Slaughter, prepare, or process such products to be used as human food in any establishment processing them solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. (2) Sell, or have or offer or receive for sale, tr...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/748/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 748 - Applicability to every establishment in which poultry is slaughtered and p...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 748 - Applicability to every establishment in which poultry is slaughtered and poultry products processed
No establishment which does not comply with the requirements of this chapter and its regulations shall slaughter poultry or process poultry products capable of use for human food for intrastate commerce. History —July 7, 1971, No. 10, p. 601, § 8.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/749/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 749 - Processing of poultry products and related industries
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 749 - Processing of poultry products and related industries
(a) Inspection shall not be provided under this chapter to any establishment engaged in the slaughtering of poultry or the processing of any carcasses or parts or products of poultry which are not intended for use as human food; but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate comm...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/750/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 750 - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 750 - Penalties
(a) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty has been provided, as well as any provision of the regulations promulgated by virtue thereof, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both, in the disc...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/751/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 751 - Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 751 - Regulations
(a) The Secretary may by regulations prescribe conditions under which poultry products, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing or transporting in or for intrastate commerce poultry products, to assure that said artic...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-52/752/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 752 - Extensions or exemptions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 752 - Extensions or exemptions
(a) The Secretary shall, by regulation and subject to compliance with such conditions as to sanitary requirements, standards, practices and procedures, exempt from compliance with specific provisions of this chapter with respect to the processing of poultry and poultry products for intrastate commerce under the followi...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 753 - Entry of materials into official establishments
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 753 - Entry of materials into official establishments
The Secretary may limit the entry of poultry products and other materials into any official establishment under such conditions as he may determine to be convenient to assure that the entry thereof complies with the purposes of this chapter. History —July 7, 1971, No. 10, p. 601, § 13.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 754 - General provisions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 754 - General provisions
(a) The Secretary may refuse to provide or discontinue, for certain periods of time or indefinitely, as he may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, the inspection service under the provisions of this chapter with respect to any establishment if he determines, after opportunity of a hearing is give...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 755 - Administrative detention
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 755 - Administrative detention
Whenever any poultry food or any product exempted from the definition of poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry is found by a representative of the Secretary, upon any premise where it is held for intrastate commerce, or during or after distribution for such purpose and there is reason to bel...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 756 - Seizure and condemnation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 756 - Seizure and condemnation
(a) Any poultry, poultry product or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry that is being transported in intrastate commerce or is held for sale in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned upon petition filed in the Court of First Instance within the jurisdi...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 757 - Jurisdiction of Court of First Instance
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 757 - Jurisdiction of Court of First Instance
The Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico shall have exclusive original jurisdiction to entertain cases for violation of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations and impose penalties. It shall also take cognizance of petitions for proceedings to seize and condemn which shall have priority in the court calend...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758)›§ 758 - Additional powers of Secretary
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 52 - Poultry Products (§§ 741 — 758) › § 758 - Additional powers of Secretary
(a) The Secretary shall also be authorized to: (1) Gather and compile information, investigate the organization, business, conduct, practices and administration concerning any person engaged in intrastate commerce of poultry and poultry products and the relation they have with other persons. (2) Require persons engaged...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768)›§ 761 - Private slaughterhouses—Authorization
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768) › § 761 - Private slaughterhouses—Authorization
Establishment of private slaughterhouses, whether in the urban or the rural zone, is hereby authorized. History —May 12, 1931, J.R. No. 66, p. 1042, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 12, 1931.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768)›§ 762 - Private slaughterhouses—Regulation of construction and operation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768) › § 762 - Private slaughterhouses—Regulation of construction and operation
These slaughterhouses shall be constructed in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico may have promulgated or may promulgate in the future, and shall be provided with all the necessary implements and materials for the hygienic handling of meat and its by-products; provided, that the r...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768)›§ 763 - Private slaughterhouses—Tax on meat slaughtered prohibited
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768) › § 763 - Private slaughterhouses—Tax on meat slaughtered prohibited
The levying of any tax on the sale of meat slaughtered in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is hereby prohibited; Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the municipalities of Puerto Rico from levying an excise tax for the use of municipal slaughterhouses, and of municipal stands for the sale of m...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768)›§ 764 - Private slaughterhouses—Inspection in rural zones
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768) › § 764 - Private slaughterhouses—Inspection in rural zones
In the case of slaughterhouses now or hereafter established in the rural zone, the Secretary of Health, in the lack of inspectors of health to make the customary inspection, may delegate a practicing rural teacher or any other official of the Government whose duties require his presence in the neighborhood, or a commis...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768)›§ 765 - Municipal regulation of sale of fresh meats
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768) › § 765 - Municipal regulation of sale of fresh meats
The municipalities of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to regulate the sale of fresh meats in accordance with the existing needs of each municipality, in any of the following forms: (a) By means of public auctions. (b) By administration. (c) By authorizing free slaughter. History —Dec. 3, 1917, No. 52, p. 364, § 1, ef...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768)›§ 766 - Municipal regulation of sale of fresh meats—Sale by public auctions; bids; bonds
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768) › § 766 - Municipal regulation of sale of fresh meats—Sale by public auctions; bids; bonds
Municipalities desiring to regulate the sale of fresh meats by means of public auctions shall do so through duly enacted ordinance making the necessary provisions for the holding of such auctions with the object of awarding the exclusive privilege of selling fresh meats within the municipality to such person or persons...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768)›§ 767 - Municipal regulation of sale of fresh meats—Sale by administration
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768) › § 767 - Municipal regulation of sale of fresh meats—Sale by administration
Such municipalities as may desire to establish the sale of fresh meats by administration shall do so by duly enacted ordinance temporarily providing for the slaughter of cattle and the sale of meat by the municipality in the form and manner provided by § 104 of the Municipal Law. Any ordinance for this purpose enacted ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768)›§ 768 - Municipal regulation of sale of fresh meats—Free slaughter
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 53 - Meat (§§ 761 — 768) › § 768 - Municipal regulation of sale of fresh meats—Free slaughter
Such municipalities as may desire to establish free slaughter shall regulate the same by duly enacted ordinance. History —Dec. 3, 1917, No. 52, p. 364, § 4, eff. 90 days after Dec. 3, 1917.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771 - Short title
This chapter may be cited with the short title of “Wholesome Meat Act of Puerto Rico”. History —June 28, 1969, No. 120, p. 334, § 1.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771a - Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning as hereinafter indicated unless otherwise specified: (a) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or his authorized representative. (b) Department. — Means the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pu...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771b - Examination and inspection of an...
With the purpose of avoiding the use in intrastate commerce of adulterated meat and meat food products, as hereinafter provided, the Secretary shall order the examination and inspection, by means of inspectors appointed by him for such purposes, of every animal before entering a slaughtering, packing, canning, fat and ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771c - Post mortem examination and insp...
For the purposes previously indicated, the Secretary shall direct that, through the inspectors he shall appoint for such purposes, post mortem examination and inspection of the slaughtered animals be carried out as hereinafter provided or of its meat to be prepared in a slaughtering, canning, salting, packing, fat and ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771d - Applicability
The previous provisions shall apply to all animals or to the meat and the meat food products capable of use as human food, which may be taken to any slaughtering, canning, salting, packing, fat and by-products processing establishments or similar establishments at which inspection under §§ 771—771p of this title is mai...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771e - Examination and inspection of pr...
For the purposes previously indicated, the Secretary shall examine and inspect through the inspectors which he shall appoint for such purposes all meat food products prepared in a slaughtering, canning, salting, packing, fat and by-products processing establishments or in a similar establishment where such articles are...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771f - Labeling
(a) When the meat or the meat food products prepared for intrastate commerce, inspected and marked “P.R. Inspected and Approved”, is placed or packed in a can, jar, container, burlap or wrapping in an establishment subject to inspection under this chapter, there shall be affixed to said can, jar, container, burlap or w...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771g - Inspection of establishments
The Secretary shall direct that sanitary technicians or other competent inspectors perform those inspections which he may deem necessary of every slaughtering, canning, salting, packing, fat and meat by-products processing establishments or similar establishments where animals are slaughtered and where meat and meat fo...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771h - Inspections during daytime or ni...
The Secretary shall order the inspection of every animal to be slaughtered or its meats and meat food products to be prepared in the previously described establishments with intrastate commerce purposes, at any time, during daytime or nighttime. History —June 28, 1969, No. 120, p. 334, § 9.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771i - Products unfit for human consump...
When the Secretary finds in any establishment engaged in intrastate commerce meat or meat food products and has reasonable motives to believe that same are unfit for human consumption or are falsely labeled, as provided in this chapter, he shall affix on said meats or meat food products an appropriate label or mark giv...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771j - Intrastate commerce
No person shall, with respect to any animal, its meat or meat food products: (a) Slaughter any such animals or prepare its meats or the meat food products derived from these animals, at any establishment preparing any such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapt...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771k - Official seal or mark, prohibiti...
(a) No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official seal or mark or simulation thereof, or any tag or label bearing any such official mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized b...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771l - Sale of unmarked or unlabeled pr...
No person shall sell, hold for sale, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce meat or meat food products thereof unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the Secretary to show the...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771m - Periodic inspections
The Secretary shall periodically appoint inspectors to carry out examinations and inspections of every animal, meat or meat food products, subject to inspection under this chapter, as well as of the sanitary conditions of every establishment where said meat and food products are prepared. Said inspectors shall refuse t...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771n - Penalty for influencing inspecto...
Any person who directly or indirectly gives, pays, or offers to any inspector, assistant inspector, chief inspector, or to any other officer, employee or agent of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, authorized to carry out any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the regulations of the Secretary, a sum of money ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771o - Exceptions
(a) The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the meat and meat food products at establishments conducting such operations shall not apply to: (1) The slaughtering by any person of animals of his own raising, and the preparation by him and transportation in i...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 7...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter I - Inspection, Adulteration and False Labeling Requirements (§§ 771 — 771p) › § 771p - Regulations
The Secretary may by regulations prescribe conditions under which meat and meat food products, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, refrigerating, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce, such articles, whe...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter II - Meat Processing and Related Industries (§§ 772 — 772c)›§ 772 - Prod...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter II - Meat Processing and Related Industries (§§ 772 — 772c) › § 772 - Products not intended for use as human food
Inspection shall not be provided under §§ 771—771p of this title at any establishment for the slaughter of animals or the preparation of their meat, which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter II - Meat Processing and Related Industries (§§ 772 — 772c)›§ 772a - Rec...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter II - Meat Processing and Related Industries (§§ 772 — 772c) › § 772a - Records
(a) The following classes of persons shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses; and all persons subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Secretary, afford such representative acces...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter II - Meat Processing and Related Industries (§§ 772 — 772c)›§ 772b - Reg...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter II - Meat Processing and Related Industries (§§ 772 — 772c) › § 772b - Registration of data
No person shall engage in intrastate commerce, as a meat broker, fat and by-products processor, or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business as a wholesaler of meat, whether intended for human food or other purposes in said intrastate commerce, or engage in business as a public warehouseman storing meat or food p...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter II - Meat Processing and Related Industries (§§ 772 — 772c)›§ 772c - Dea...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter II - Meat Processing and Related Industries (§§ 772 — 772c) › § 772c - Dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals
No person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals, or their meat, if they have died otherwise than by slaughter in an authorized slaughterhouse, shall carry out said transaction, unless such transaction is made in accordance with such...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter III - Federal and Commonwealth Cooperation (§ 773)›§ 773 - Cooperation w...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter III - Federal and Commonwealth Cooperation (§ 773) › § 773 - Cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United...
(a) The Department of Health is hereby designated and authorized as the agency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for cooperating with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, under the provisions of § 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, in developing and administering of the Commonwealth of P...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h)›§ 774 - Refusal or suspension ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h) › § 774 - Refusal or suspension of the inspection service
The Secretary may, for such period, or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under §§ 771—771p of this title with respect to any establishment if he determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h)›§ 774a - Detention of meats an...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h) › § 774a - Detention of meats and food products
Whenever meat, meat food products, or any product exempted from the definition of a food product, or any dead, dying, disabled or injured, or diseased animal is found by any authorized representative of the Secretary upon any site or premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribution in, intrast...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h)›§ 774b - Seizure and condemnat...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h) › § 774b - Seizure and condemnation
(a) Any meat or meat food product or any dead, dying, disabled or injured, or diseased animal that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is held for sale in the Commonwealth before and after such transportation, and that: (1) Is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or r...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h)›§ 774c - Jurisdiction of Court...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h) › § 774c - Jurisdiction of Court of First Instance
The Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico is hereby vested with jurisdiction to enforce and punish violations of this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all other cases arising under this chapter. The petition for action, for seizure or condemnation shall have preference in the court calendars and the hearing sha...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h)›§ 774d - Penalty for interferi...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h) › § 774d - Penalty for interfering with person performing official duties
Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person while the latter is engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h)›§ 774e - Violation of provisio...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h) › § 774e - Violation of provisions without specific penalty
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no other criminal penalty is provided shall upon conviction thereof be subject to the payment of a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both penalties in the discretion of the court, but...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h)›§ 774f - Powers of Secretary o...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h) › § 774f - Powers of Secretary of Health
(a) The Secretary is further empowered to: (1) Recompile and compile information and investigate the organization, business, conduct, practices and administration concerning any person engaged in intrastate commerce of meat and meat food products and their relations with other persons. (2) Require from persons engaged ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h)›§ 774g - Prior provisions appl...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h) › § 774g - Prior provisions applicable
In regard to slaughterhouses or establishments which process meat food products, the Department of Health of Puerto Rico shall continue carrying out the functions in connection with the operation of said slaughterhouses or establishments for the inspection of meats and its processed products, in accordance with the pro...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h)›Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h)›§ 774h - Operation of slaughte...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 54 - Wholesome Meat (§§ 771 — 774h) › Subchapter IV - Auxiliary Provisions (§§ 774 — 774h) › § 774h - Operation of slaughterhouses and other establishments
From and after December 15, 1969, there may only operate in Puerto Rico those slaughterhouses or establishments, which process meat food products, constructed, enlarged or improved and which operate in accordance with the standards established by this chapter and the regulations promulgated by virtue thereof; Provided,...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 791 - Adulteration of milk—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 791 - Adulteration of milk—Penalties
Every person who adulterates or dilutes milk and every person who sells, offers, or keeps for sale milk so adulterated or diluted, or who transports or stores such milk to be used for human consumption or for the purpose of submitting it to the process of pasteurization or any other process preparatory for human consum...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 792 - Adulteration of milk—Publication of standard grade of milk
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 792 - Adulteration of milk—Publication of standard grade of milk
The standard grade of milk shall be fixed by the Secretary of Health and published for a general knowledge in such newspapers having the greatest circulation in the Commonwealth as said Secretary may determine. History —Aug. 12, 1925, No. 77, p. 558, § 2.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 793 - Adulteration of milk—Publication of second offenders
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 793 - Adulteration of milk—Publication of second offenders
Judgment rendered against any person for a second or subsequent offense shall be published in two newspapers of the greatest circulation in the Commonwealth, and shall also be advertised by means of posters to be placed in public places and at the domicile or establishment of the guilty party. History —Aug. 12, 1925, N...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 794 - Adulteration of milk—Powdered skimmed milk for cattle feed
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 794 - Adulteration of milk—Powdered skimmed milk for cattle feed
All powdered skimmed milk sold or used in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as cattle feed shall be duly colored with artificial coloring matter certified by the Department of Agriculture of the United States, with the approval of the Secretary of Health; Provided, That all powdered milk to be used for such purpose, whic...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 795 - Adulteration of milk—Cognizance of District Court
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 795 - Adulteration of milk—Cognizance of District Court
The jurisdiction to take cognizance of said cases and to impose punishment for the violation of the provisions of §§ 791—795 of this title is hereby exclusively conferred on the District Court. History —Aug. 12, 1925, No. 77, p. 558, § 5; June 4, 1979, No. 59, p. 122.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 796 - Powdered milk—License
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 796 - Powdered milk—License
Every natural or [juridical] person, desiring to introduce into Puerto Rico any powdered milk, whether whole or skimmed, must first provide himself with a license after applying to the Secretary of Health. In said license [application] such person shall state his name, profession, and residence; the use which he intend...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 797 - Powdered milk—Notice of importation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 797 - Powdered milk—Notice of importation
Every natural or [juridical] person who, after obtaining the corresponding license, introduces any kind of powdered milk, either whole or skim, into Puerto Rico, shall give notice to the Secretary of Health of the arrival of the shipment which is the object of the license. The Secretary of Health shall issue the proper...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 798 - Powdered milk—License as essential
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 798 - Powdered milk—License as essential
No person, either natural or juridical, may possess, store, sell, transport, or use powdered milk, either whole or skim, without obtaining therefor a license from the Secretary of Health. History —Apr. 25, 1929, No. 38, p. 218, § 3, eff. 90 days after Apr. 25, 1929.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 799 - Powdered milk—Seizure and destruction
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 799 - Powdered milk—Seizure and destruction
All powdered milk, either whole or skim, introduced, sold, transported, stored, or used in Puerto Rico without the foregoing provisions having been complied with, shall be seized and destroyed, without indemnification, by the Secretary of Health, or by his agents, and the person so introducing, selling, transporting, s...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 800 - Powdered milk—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 800 - Powdered milk—Penalties
Every person who violates the provisions of §§ 796—801 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense. Every person convicted of subsequent violations of the provisions of §§ 796—801 of this title shall b...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801)›§ 801 - Powdered milk—Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 55 - Milk (§§ 791 — 801) › § 801 - Powdered milk—Regulations
The Secretary of Health shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to enforce §§ 796—801 of this title. History —Apr. 25, 1929, No. 38, p. 218, § 6, eff. 90 days after Apr. 25, 1929.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827)›§ 821 - Adulteration of coffee
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827) › § 821 - Adulteration of coffee
It shall be illegal to adulterate or to mix coffee, in the grain, ground, or pulverized, with any other grain or substance with the intention of selling it, or to offer or have it for sale, and it shall be equally illegal for said coffee, so adulterated or mixed, to be sold, offered or had for sale, or that it be trans...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827)›§ 822 - Adulteration of coffee—License obligatory
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827) › § 822 - Adulteration of coffee—License obligatory
Any natural or [juridical] person engaging in the business of roasting coffee for wholesaling or retailing shall obtain from the Secretary of Health a license to carry on such business; and it shall be illegal for said person to carry on such business without obtaining the said license. History —Apr. 20, 1928, No. 24, ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827)›§ 822a - Adulteration of coffee—Application for licenses; licenses in force
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827) › § 822a - Adulteration of coffee—Application for licenses; licenses in force
Application for a license shall be filed in the Department of Health on a blank form furnished thereby and shall contain such information as said Department may reasonably require. Provided, That all licenses to operate coffee businesses so far granted upon the taking of effect of this act shall continue in force if th...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827)›§ 822b - Aldulteration of Coffee—Denial, revocation or suspension of licenses
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827) › § 822b - Aldulteration of Coffee—Denial, revocation or suspension of licenses
The Department of Health, upon notice to the licensee and an opportunity to be heard, may deny, revoke or suspend a license in any case of noncompliance with the applicable regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health, or of the commission of any of the acts declared illegal by § 821 of this title. Any applicant ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827)›§ 824 - Adulteration of coffee—Chemical laboratory report
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827) › § 824 - Adulteration of coffee—Chemical laboratory report
The report on the subject rendered by the Commonwealth Chemical Laboratory, certified to by the Director thereof, shall be prima facie evidence that any coffee, in the grain, ground, or pulverized, has been adulterated or mixed with any other grain or substance. History —Apr. 20, 1928, No. 24, p. 166, § 4, eff. 90 days...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827)›§ 825 - Adulteration of coffee—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827) › § 825 - Adulteration of coffee—Penalties
Any person violating § 821 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced, for the first violation, to pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), and for subsequent violations, to pay a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) and...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827)›§ 826 - Adulteration of coffee—Additional violations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827) › § 826 - Adulteration of coffee—Additional violations
Every violation of § 822 of this title shall be considered a misdemeanor, and no person violating it more than once shall be granted a license for carrying on the business referred to in said section. History —Apr. 20, 1928, No. 24, p. 166, § 6, eff. 90 days after Apr. 20, 1928.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827)›§ 827 - Adulteration of coffee—Cognizance of violations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 57 - Coffee (§§ 821 — 827) › § 827 - Adulteration of coffee—Cognizance of violations
The Court of First Instance shall have exclusive jurisdiction in taking cognizance of the violations of § 821 of this title. History —Apr. 20, 1928, No. 24, p. 166, § 7, eff. 90 days after Apr. 20, 1928.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858)›§ 851 - Enriched flour for bread—Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858) › § 851 - Enriched flour for bread—Definitions
For the purposes of the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the application thereof the following definitions shall govern: (a) Federal regulations. — The regulations promulgated under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as they appear in the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended. (b) Flour. — Flou...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858)›§ 852 - Enriched flour for bread—Unlawful making or sale of flour products
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858) › § 852 - Enriched flour for bread—Unlawful making or sale of flour products
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, sell, or offer for sale in Puerto Rico, for human consumption, any white bread, crackers generally known as milk crackers, leaven crackers (de agua), soda crackers, and kneaded crackers (de manteca), and dry food [pastas] made of flour, other than enriched flour as hereinabo...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858)›§ 853 - Enriched flour for bread—Unlawful use or sale of flour
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858) › § 853 - Enriched flour for bread—Unlawful use or sale of flour
(a) It shall be unlawful to store, possess, manufacture, give, or present, sell, purchase, donate, or anywise convey or cede for industrial or commercial purposes, for human consumption, any quantity of flour which does not meet the requirements established by this chapter for the making of white bread or crackers gene...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858)›§ 854 - Enriched flour for bread—Standard of enriched flour; suspension of use
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858) › § 854 - Enriched flour for bread—Standard of enriched flour; suspension of use
It shall be contrary to this chapter to sell, or offer for sale, for human consumption, any flour, white bread, crackers generally known as milk crackers, leaven crackers (de agua), soda crackers, and kneaded crackers (de manteca), and dry food [pastas] made with enriched flour which do not conform to the requirements ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858)›§ 855 - Enriched flour for bread—Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858) › § 855 - Enriched flour for bread—Regulations
(a) Any regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health under the provisions ofthis chapter shall be in accordance with § 179 of Title 3. (b) It is hereby provided that to the effects of § 854 and of subsection (a) of § 851 of this title, as amended by this act, it shall be understood that the Federal Food, Drug and...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858)›§ 856 - Enriched flour for bread—Inspection; entry; samples
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858) › § 856 - Enriched flour for bread—Inspection; entry; samples
For the purpose of the strict enforcement of this chapter, the Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to take samples to be used in making examinations and investigations. His agents or officers shall have authority to enter any factory, dock, warehouse, store, or establishment where flour is stored, or any factory, ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858)›§ 857 - Enriched flour for bread—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858) › § 857 - Enriched flour for bread—Penalties
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first violation; Provided, That re...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858)›§ 858 - Enriched flour for bread—Cognizance of violations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 59 - Flour (§§ 851 — 858) › § 858 - Enriched flour for bread—Cognizance of violations
The Court of First Instance shall have jurisdiction to take cognizance of all these cases and to impose penalties for violations of this chapter or of the regulations hereunder. History —May 12, 1948, No. 183, p. 474, § 8; May 18, 1959, No. 12, p. 65, § 9.