39-15-5. False label as to purity, effect, or contents as misbranding.
For the purposes of this chapter a drug shall be deemed to be misbranded if the package or label shall bear or contain any statement, design, or device regarding the purity or therapeutic effect of such article or any of the ingredients or substances contained therein, which is false or fraudulent; or which is false or misleading in any particular concerning the contents.
Source: SL 1907, ch 151, §35; SL 1909, ch 180, §4; RC 1919, §7853; SDC 1939, §22.1103 (1).
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 15 - Adulterated And Misbranded Drugs
Section 39-15-1 - Substances subject to chapter.
Section 39-15-3 - Strength or purity below professed standard deemed adulteration.
Section 39-15-4 - Unsanitary storage and dispensing conditions deemed adulteration.
Section 39-15-5 - False label as to purity, effect, or contents as misbranding.
Section 39-15-6 - False label as to place of origin as misbranding.
Section 39-15-7 - Imitation or sale under name of another article as misbranding.
Section 39-15-10 - Manufacture or sale of adulterated or misbranded drug as misdemeanor.