Title 25, Public Health and Environment
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-202 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the department of public health and environment of the state of Colorado. (2) Flour includes and is limited to the foods commonly known in the milling and baking industries as: (a) White flour, al…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-203 Content of flour
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(1) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, or offer for sale flour for human consumption in this state unless the following vitamins and minerals are contained in each pound of such flour: Not less than two milligrams and not more than two and five-ten…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-204 Content of white bread or rolls
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It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, bake, sell, or offer for sale any white bread or rolls for human consumption in this state unless the following vitamins and minerals are contained in each pound of such bread or rolls: Not less than one and one-tenth milligrams and n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-205 Enforcement of part 2
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(1) The department is charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this part 2, and it is authorized to make, amend, or rescind rules, regulations, and orders for the efficient enforcement of this part 2. (2) Whenever the vitamin and mineral requirements set forth in sect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-206 Penalty
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part 2 or the orders or rules promulgated by the department under authority thereof commits a petty offense. Source: L. 49: p. 432, � 6. CSA: C. 69, � 130. CRS 53: � 66-15-6. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-15-6. L. 2021: Entire section ame…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-301 Short title
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This part 3 shall be known and may be cited as the Bedding Act. Source: L. 41: p. 718, � 18. CSA: C. 78, � 206. CRS 53: � 66-17-17. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-17.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-302 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bedding means any quilted pad, packing pad, mattress pad, hammock pad, mattress, comforter, bunk quilt, sleeping bag, box spring, studio couch, pillow, or cushion, any bag or container made of leather, cloth, or a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-303 Restrictions
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No person shall sell or distribute any bedding or bedding materials which are not clean or which may be deemed injurious to the public's health. Source: L. 41: p. 714, � 2. CSA: C. 78, � 191. CRS 53: � 66-17-2. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-2. L. 90: Entire section R&RE, p. 1315, � 2, eff…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-304 Sale of bedding exposed to contagion. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 41: p. 714, � 3. CSA: C. 78, � 192. CRS 53: � 66-17-3. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-3. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1317, � 8, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-305 Disinfection
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(1) No person engaged in manufacturing, remaking, or renovating bedding for sale or distribution shall use any previously used material which since last used has not been disinfected by a method approved by the department of public health and environment. (2) No person shall know…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-306 Receiving bedding to be remade. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 41: p. 715, � 5. CSA: C. 78, � 194. CRS 53: � 66-17-5. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-5. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1317, � 8, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-307 Tagging
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(1) No person shall sell bedding or materials therefor to which is not securely sewn by at least one edge a cloth or clothbacked tag at least two inches by three inches in size. (2) Upon said tag shall be legibly stamped or printed in English in letters at least one-eighth of an …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-308 Removing or defacing tag or stamp. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 41: p. 716, � 7. CSA: C. 78, � 196. CRS 53: � 66-17-7. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-7. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1317, � 8, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-309 Administered by department
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(1) The department of public health and environment is charged with the administration and enforcement of this part 3. (2) Repealed. Source: L. 41: p. 716, � 8. CSA: C. 78, � 197. CRS 53: � 66-17-8. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-8. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 877, � 1, effective Jul…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-310 License. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 41: p. 716, � 9. CSA: C. 78, � 198. CRS 53: � 66-17-9. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-9. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1317, � 8, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-311 Disposition of moneys. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 41: p. 716, � 10. CSA: C. 78, � 199. CRS 53: � 66-17-10. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-10. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1317, � 8, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-312 Appropriation. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 41: p. 716, � 11. CSA: C. 78, � 200. CRS 53: � 66-17-11. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-11. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1317, � 8, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-313 Posting of license. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 41: p. 717, � 12. CSA: C. 78, � 201. CRS 53: � 66-17-12. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-12. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1317, � 8, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-314 Enforcement
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The department of public health and environment shall enforce this part 3 upon complaint or upon request by a consumer. The department of public health and environment, as often as necessary, may inspect any place where bedding is made, remade, renovated, or sold or where materia…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-315 Violation - what constitutes. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 41: p. 717, � 14. CSA: C. 78, � 203. CRS 53: � 66-17-14. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-17-14. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1317, � 8, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-316 Penalty for violation
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Any person who violates any provision of this part 3 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars. Such penalty shall be determined and collected by the district court for the judicial district in which such violation occurs upon an action instituted …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-317 Rules and regulations
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The department of public health and environment shall have the right to promulgate rules and regulations deemed necessary for the proper enforcement of this part 3 and not inconsistent therewith. Source: L. 41: p. 718, � 16. CSA: C. 78, � 205. CRS 53: � 66-17-16. C.R.S. 1963: � 6…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-401 Short title
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This part 4 shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Food and Drug Act. Source: L. 57: p. 424, � 1. CRS 53: � 66-22-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-20-1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-402 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Advertisement means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of food,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-403 Offenses
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(1) The following acts and the causing thereof within this state are prohibited: (a) The manufacture, sale, or delivery or the holding or offering for sale of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded; (b) The adulteration or misbranding of any food, d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-404 Injunction
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In addition to the remedies provided in this part 4, the department is authorized to apply to the district court of the district wherein the defendant resides or has his place of business for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a tem…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-405 Penalties
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(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 25-5-403 (1) commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense. (2) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (1) of this section for having violated section 25-5-403 (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-406 Tagging articles misbranded or adulterated
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(1) Whenever a duly authorized agent of the department finds or has probable cause to believe that any food, drug, device, or cosmetic is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this part 4, he shall affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking giving notice t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-407 Duties of district attorney
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It is the duty of each district attorney to whom the department reports any violation of this part 4 to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Source: L. 57: p. 429, � 7. CRS 53: � 66-2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-408 Discretion as to warning
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Nothing in this part 4 shall be construed as requiring the department to report, for the institution of proceedings under this part 4, minor violations of this part 4 whenever the department believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a sui…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-409 Regulations
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(1) Definitions and standards of identity, quality, and fill of container for any food adopted under authority of the federal act are the definitions and standards of identity, quality, and fill of container in this state. However, when, in its judgment, such action will promote …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-410 Definitions of adulterated
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(1) A food is deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but, in case the substance is not an added substance, such food shall not be considered adulterated under this paragraph (a) if the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-411 Definitions of misbranding - food
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(1) A food is deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (b) If its labeling or packaging fails to conform to the requirements of section 25-5-419; (c) If it is offered for sale under the name of another food; (d) If it is an imitation …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-412 Issuance of permits
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(1) Whenever the department finds after investigation that the distribution in this state of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health and that such injurious na…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-413 Limit of adulteration - rule or regulation
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(1) Any added poisonous or deleterious substance, food additive, pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity, or color additive, with respect to any particular use or intended use, shall be deemed unsafe for the purpose of application of section 25-5-410 (1)(b) with …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-414 Adulterations
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(1) A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; (b) If it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions under which it may have been contaminated with filth o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-415 Misbranding of drugs or devices - exemption - definition
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(1) A drug or device is deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (b) If its labeling or packaging fails to conform with the requirements of section 25-5-419; (c) If in package form, unless it bears a label containing: (I) The name and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-416 Adulteration of cosmetics
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(1) A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement thereof or under such conditions of use as are custo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-417 Misbranding of cosmetics
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(1) A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (b) If its labeling or packaging fails to conform with the requirements of section 25-5-419; (c) If in package form, unless it bears a label containing the name and plac…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-418 Advertisements
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(1) An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic is deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular. (2) For the purpose of this part 4, the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclero…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-419 Packaging and labeling of consumer commodities
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(1) All labels of consumer commodities, as defined in section 25-5-402 (4), shall conform with the requirements for the declaration of net quantity of contents of the federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. sec. 1453) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-420 Enforcement
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(1) The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this part 4 is vested in the department. The department is authorized to make the regulations promulgated under this part 4 conform, insofar as practicable, with those promulgated under the federal act, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-421 Inspections
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(1) (a) For purposes of enforcement of this part 4, the authorized agents of the department, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, are authorized to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which food, d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-422 Reports and information
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(1) The department may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this part 4, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. (2) The department may also cause to be dissemin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-423 Cooperation with federal agencies
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The department is authorized to confer and cooperate with the federal food and drug administration in the enforcement of the federal act and the United States department of agriculture in the enforcement of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. secs. 603-623, as amended, as …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-424 Review
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Any person aggrieved by a decision of the department, and affected thereby, is entitled to judicial review pursuant to section 25-1-113. Source: L. 57: p. 441, � 23. CRS 53: � 66-22-23. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-20-23.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-425 Application of part 4
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The powers in this part 4 vested in the department are declared to be cumulative and in addition to and not in exclusion nor derogation nor limitation of the powers vested by law in the department, or in any other department of this state, or in any board or commission establishe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-426 Wholesale food manufacturing and storage - definitions - legislative declaration - registration - fees - cash fund
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the registration of wholesale food manufacturers and the regulation of premises or places wherein manufactured foods are produced, manufactured, packed, processed, prepared, treated, packaged, transported, or he…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-427 Classes of hemp-derived compounds and cannabinoids - definitions - registration required - prohibitions - safe harbor - rules
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(1) Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that the registration of hemp product and safe harbor hemp product manufacturers and the regulation of premises and places where hemp products and safe harbor hemp products are manufactured for dist…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-428 Misbranding of cell-cultivated meat as meat product prohibited - labeling of cell-cultivated meat required - definitions - inspections - stop orders - embargo orders - enforcement - rules
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Agricultural food animal” means: (I) A domesticated animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species; or (II) A live domestic chicken or turkey. (b) “Cell-cultivated meat” means food having…