Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Chapter 80-1-22 - FOODS, DRUGS AND COSMETICS
Section 80-1-22-.04 - Character Of Names

Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 80-1-22-.04

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024

(1) A simple or unmixed food or drug product shall be sold by its common name in the English language; or, if a drug recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, by the names therein designated.

(2) A geographical name indicating that a food or drug product was manufactured or produced in a specific place shall not be used unless such product was manufactured or produced in that place.

(3) A name which is distinctive or a product of a specific foreign country shall not be used upon an article not manufactured or produced in that country, except as an indication of the type or style of quality or manufacture, and then only when the product possesses substantially the characteristic qualities of the product of that foreign country. Such name shall be so qualified as to remove any impression that the article was manufactured or produced in the country in which the name is distinctive.

Author: Charles H. Barnes

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 20-1-2, 20-1-57.

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