Food and Drugs Act, 1992
P.N.D.C.L.3058
12. Standards for drugs
(1) Where a standard is prescribed for a drug, cosmetic, device or chemical substance, a
person who labels, packages, sells or advertises any other substance in a manner that is
likely to be mistaken for that drug, cosmetic, device or chemical substance commits an
offence unless the substance is the drug, cosmetic, device or chemical substance in
question and complies with the prescribed standard.
(2) Where a standard is not prescribed for a drug or chemical substance but a standard for
the drug or chemical substance is contained in a publication specified in the First
Schedule, a person who labels, packages, sells or advertises any other substance or article
in a manner that is likely to be mistaken for that drug or chemical substance commits an
offence.
(3) A person who labels, packages, sells or advertises a drug or chemical substance for
which a standard is not prescribed, or for which a standard is not contained in a publication specified in the First Schedule, commits an offence unless the drug or chemical
substance
(a) is in accordance with the professed standard under which it is labelled, sold
or advertised, and
(b)
does not resemble, in a manner likely to deceive, a drug or chemical substance for which a standard has been prescribed or which is contained in a
publication specified in the First Schedule.
13. Prohibition on disposal of chemical substances
A person commits an offence if that person uses or disposes of a chemical substance
in a manner likely to cause
(a) contamination of food or water for human or animal consumption, or
(b) injury to, or be dangerous to the health of a person or an animal.
14. Deception of consumers
A person commits an offence if that person labels, packages, sells or advertises a drug,
cosmetic, device or chemical substance
(a)
in contravention of a provision of the Regulations, or
(b)
in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive as regards its character,
constitution, value, potency, quality, composition, merits or safety.
15. Prohibited advertisement
A person shall not advertise a drug, cosmetic, device or chemical substance to the
general public as a treatment, preventive or cure for a disease, disorder or an abnormal
physical state specified in the Second Schedule.
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