§55 Additional definitions

Summary

Gives simple meanings for several words used later in the law. False advertisement means an ad (not a label) that is misleading in an important way. You judge that by what the ad says or shows and by what it hides about important facts or possible results when used as directed or in usual ways. A drug ad sent only to doctors is not false if it tells the truth about important facts and always shows the exact amounts of each ingredient. For oleomargarine or margarine, an ad is misleading if it makes the product look like a dairy product, but a full, truthful ingredient list is allowed. Food means things people or animals eat or drink, chewing gum, and ingredients used in them. Drug means items listed in official drug books or things meant to diagnose, treat, prevent disease, or change the body’s structure or function, and parts used in those items; it does not include devices. Device means instruments or similar articles (and their parts) used for diagnosis, treatment, prevention, or to affect the body, or listed in official drug books. Cosmetic means items applied to the body to clean, beautify, or change appearance and their components, but not soap. Oleomargarine or margarine means any product called margarine and any butter-like spread made with edible oils or fats instead of milk fat when made to imitate butter.