Title 24, Title 24: FOOD AND DRUGS

24:5-18.1. Cosmetic misbrandings For the purposes of this subtitle a cosmetic shall also be deemed to be misbranded: a. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. b. If in package form unless it bears a label containing the name and place of business of the manufac…

24:5-18.2. Exemptions from labeling and packaging requirements Foods, drugs, devices, and cosmetics which are, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at establishments other than those where originally process…

24:5-19. Drugs dispensed by physicians, etc., or on written prescription Nothing contained in this subtitle, except the provisions of section 24:5-10, shall be construed to apply to (1) any drug personally dispensed by any legally licensed physician, dentist or veterinarian in th…

24:5-2. Certain dealers excepted from operation of pure food and drug law; guaranty of seller No dealer shall be prosecuted for a violation of any provision of this subtitle regulating the adulteration or misbranding of any food, drug, cosmetic or device if he distributes or sell…

24:5-22. Defacement or removal of label No person shall erase, cancel, obliterate, deface, cover, remove or alter any brand, tag, label or other marking required by any provision of this subtitle to be attached or affixed to any package or container.

24:5-23 Permit to process, manufacture product with hemp, transportation. 9. a. A State agency may not prohibit a person or business entity that processes or manufactures a product regulated by the agency from applying for or obtaining a permit or other authorization to process o…

24:5-3. Content of guaranty; liability of resident seller Such guaranty, to afford protection, shall contain the name and address of the person making the sale of such article to the dealer. In case the seller is a resident of this state, he shall be amenable to the prosecution, …

24:5-4. Guaranty by nonresident If the guaranty is signed by a person who resides outside of this State, the State department shall report the facts in the case to the proper officer appointed for the enforcement of the Federal legislation specified in section 24:5-2 of this Titl…

24:5-5. Extent of protection of dealer No guarantee that any food, drug, cosmetic or device is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the federal legislation specified in section 24:5-2 of this Title shall be effective to exempt any dealer from prosecution under this…

24:5-6. Article for foreign market No food, drug, cosmetic or device shall be deemed adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this subtitle when specially prepared for export to any foreign country: a. If the article shall be prepared and packed according to the specificat…

24:5-7. Sale of patent medicines not authorized Nothing contained in this subtitle shall be construed as authorizing the sale, gift, furnishing or disposition of any article, substance, admixture or patent or proprietary remedy, the sale, gift, furnishing or disposition of which …

24:5-8. General food adulterations 24:5-8. For the purposes of this subtitle food shall be deemed adulterated: A. (1) 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 f…

24:5-9. Confectionery adulterations For the purposes of this subtitle, confectionery shall be deemed adulterated if it bears or contains any alcohol, or nonnutritive article or substance except harmless coloring, or if a coal-tar color one from a batch which has been certified un…

24:5-9.1. Confectionery with more than 1/2 of 1% alcohol rendered unfit for beverage purposes; sale to person under legal age; label; sign in place of sale; violations; penalty a. Anyone who sells confectionery that contains more than 1/2 of 1% alcohol rendered unfit for beverage…

24:5A-1. Short title This act may be cited as the "New Jersey Hazardous Substances Labeling Act." L.1966, c. 262, s. 1.

24:5A-2. Definitions As used in this act: (a) The term "department" means the New Jersey State Department of Health. (b) The term "commissioner" means the New Jersey State Commissioner of Health. (c) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, corporation or associatio…

24:5A-3. Hazardous substance; limitation The term "hazardous substance" shall not apply to economic poisons subject to "The Economic Poison Act of 1951" nor to foods, drugs, cosmetics and devices subject to the provisions of subtitle 1 of Title 24 of the Revised Statutes relating…

24:5A-4. Application of Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act No hazardous substance subject to and conforming with the Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act and regulations promulgated thereunder shall be deemed to be in violation of this act and regulations promulgated …

24:5A-5. Commissioner; powers (a) The commissioner is hereby empowered to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of this act after public hearing to be held after 30 days prior notice thereof by public advertisement of the date, time and pla…

24:5A-6. Prohibited acts The following acts and the causing thereof are hereby prohibited: (a) The selling, offering for sale or keeping for sale within this State of any misbranded package. (b) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration or removal of the whole or any …

24:5A-7. Exceptions This act shall not apply to: (a) Any carrier, while lawfully engaged in transporting a hazardous substance within this State, if such carrier shall, upon request, permit the commissioner or his designated agent to copy all records showing the transactions in a…

24:5A-8. Enforcement of act; penalties (a) The department shall execute and enforce the provisions of this act and in that enforcement is hereby vested with all powers relating to inspection, sampling, condemnation and embargoing of hazardous substances granted to it with respect…

24:5A-9. Action to restrain violations The department either before or after the institution of a proceeding for the collection of a penalty for violation of any provision of this act or regulations promulgated thereunder may institute an action in the Superior Court in the name …

24:6-1. Establishment of standards If the definition or standard of identity, purity, quality, or strength of a particular food, drug, cosmetic or device has not been fixed by any law of this State, but such definition or standard has been or may hereafter be established under th…

24:6-2. Publication: time of taking effect Such definition or standard shall be filed with the Secretary of State by the State Commissioner of Health, and shall be published at the end of the first volume of the session laws of the Legislature published after the filing of the de…

24:6-3. Sale or manufacture of nonstandard articles prohibited No person shall distribute or sell, or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, or manufacture for distribution or sale, any food, drug, cosmetic or device which differs in purity, qual…

24:6A-1. New drugs; introduction into interstate commerce; application; effective date of application; refusal of application; application of chapter a. No person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into intrastate commerce in the State of New Jersey any new drug unless (…

24:6B-1 Registration statement, issuance of registration. 1. No person shall hereafter engage or continue to engage in a drug manufacturing business or a wholesale non-prescription drug business in this State without first filing a completed registration statement with the depart…

24:6B-10. Order to correct violation If a registrant shall violate, directly or indirectly through his officers and employees, any of the provisions of this act, or any other provisions of subtitle 1 of Title 24 of the Revised Statutes, the commissioner may order the correction o…

24:6B-11 Penalties. 12. (a) Any person who does not comply with an order of the commissioner within the time specified shall be liable for the first offense for a penalty, to be established by the commissioner of not less than $200 nor more than $5,000 and for the second and each…

24:6B-12 Definitions. 13. For the purposes of this registration act, unless otherwise required by the context: (a) "Commissioner" means Commissioner of Health or the commissioner's designated representative. (b) "Department" means the Department of Health. (c) "Drugs" means "drug…

24:6B-13. Appropriation There is hereby appropriated to the department so much of the revenue, not in excess of $25,000.00, derived from the registration fees as shall be required to administer this act during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962. L.1961, c. 52, p. 532, s. 14.

24:6B-14 Definitions relative to pharmaceutical wholesale distributors. 5. As used in sections 5 through 24 of P.L.2005, c.206 (C.24:6B-14 et seq.): "Adulterated" means a prescription drug that is adulterated pursuant to R.S.24:5-10. "Authenticate" means to affirmatively verify b…

24:6B-15 Licensure required for pharmaceutical wholesale distributors. 6. a. A wholesale distributor engaged in the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs within this State, whether or not the wholesale distributor is located in this State, shall be licensed by the departme…

24:6B-16 Criminal history record background check for applicants, designated representatives, persons enumerated. 7. a. The commissioner shall require each applicant, designated representative or any person enumerated in subsection c. of section 6 of this act, in accordance with …

24:6B-17 Establishment, maintenance of list of authorized distributors. 8. a. A manufacturer that is registered with the department pursuant to P.L.1961, c.52 (C.24:6B-1 et seq.) shall establish and maintain an up-to-date list of its authorized distributors and authorized distrib…

24:6B-18 Determination of eligibility for licensure renewal. 9. The department shall determine eligibility for licensure and renewal thereof, of persons engaged in the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. In addition to any additional factors that the commissioner may de…

24:6B-19 Additional requirements for designated representatives. 10. In addition to satisfying any requirements that the commissioner may establish by regulation, a designated representative shall: a. submit an application that includes the following information: (1) the person's…

24:6B-2 Registration statement, signature, verification; form and contents. 2. The registration statement shall be signed and verified by the individuals specified in subsection (c) hereof, shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the commissioner, and shall state such …

24:6B-20 Requirements for facilities used for wholesale prescription drug distribution. 11. All facilities used for wholesale prescription drug distribution shall: a. be of suitable construction to ensure that all prescription drugs in the facilities are maintained in accordance …

24:6B-21 Provision of pedigree, certification prior to sale, return of prescription drug. 12. a. Before the sale or return of a prescription drug to another wholesale distributor, a selling wholesale distributor shall provide a pedigree or a certification in accordance with the f…

24:6B-22 Annual report to the Legislature on tracking system. 13. The commissioner shall report annually to the Legislature on the availability of an effective standardized electronic product identification tracking system for prescription drugs in this State. The report shall ad…

24:6B-23 Authentication of distribution of prescription drug. 14. a. (1) A wholesale distributor shall authenticate every distribution of a prescription drug back to the manufacturer if the wholesale distributor has reason to believe that a prescription drug purchased from anothe…

24:6B-24 Examination of shipping container. 15. a. A wholesale distributor shall visually examine each shipping container upon receipt to ensure its identity and to determine if it contains prescription drugs that are adulterated, contraband, counterfeit, suspected of being contr…

24:6B-25 Criteria for return of prescription drug to wholesale distributor. 16. a. (1) A pharmacy, chain pharmacy distribution center or pharmacy member of an affiliated group shall return to a wholesale distributor any prescription drug that is on the specified list of susceptib…

24:6B-26 Requirements for wholesale distributor. 17. A wholesale distributor shall exercise due diligence in accordance with the following requirements, unless the commissioner waives any requirement. Prior to the first purchase of prescription drugs for distribution in this Stat…