No dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this division when the dealer can establish a bona fide guarantee signed by a reputable wholesaler, jobber, or manufacturer within the United States from whom he or she purchased such articles that they are not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this division, designating it and that he or she has no knowledge of such adulteration or misbranding at the time they were purchased by that dealer. Such guarantee shall contain the name and address of the vendor who shall be amenable to the prosecutions, fines, and other penalties to which the purchaser would otherwise be amenable. Provided, however, there shall be no exemption from prosecution with regard to the sale or the offer for sale of out-of-date food products by the dealer. There shall be no exemption from prosecution with regard to the sale or the offer for sale of food products that have become out-of-date, adulterated, or misbranded after purchase by the dealer.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.
Chapter 1 - Standards, Labeling and Adulteration.
Article 2 - Adulteration and Misbranding.
Division 1 - Food and Drugs Generally.
Section 20-1-20 - Definitions.
Section 20-1-21 - Purpose of Division; Standards; Construction of Chapter.
Section 20-1-22 - When Articles Deemed Adulterated - Food Generally.
Section 20-1-23 - When Articles Deemed Adulterated - Confectionery.
Section 20-1-24 - When Articles Deemed Adulterated - Drugs.
Section 20-1-25 - When Articles Deemed Misbranded Generally - Food.
Section 20-1-26 - When Articles Deemed Misbranded Generally - Drugs.
Section 20-1-27 - Prohibited Activities.
Section 20-1-29 - Shipment, Offer for Shipment, or Sale of Certain Citrus Fruits.
Section 20-1-30 - Sale, Offer for Sale, etc., of Certain Artificially Colored Potatoes.
Section 20-1-31 - Possession, Transportation, etc., of Items in Violation of Division, Chapter.
Section 20-1-32 - Exemption From Prosecution of Dealers.
Section 20-1-33 - Food Safety Permit.
Section 20-1-34 - Civil Penalties for Violation of Chapter, Etc.
Section 20-1-35 - Food Safety Advisory Committee.