TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES
DIVISION 2: HEALTH
§ 2714
§ 2714. Importation of Food. (a) Where a standard for a food, afok or bweesch, has been prescribed, no person shall: (1) Import into the Commonwealth, or (2) Send, convey or receive for conveyance within the Commonwealth, or (3) Have in possession for the purpose of sending or conveying within the Commonwealth, any article that is intended for sale and that is likely to be mistaken for the food for which the regulations prescribe a standard unless that article complies with the prescribed standard. (b) Not applicable to carriers. Subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section do not apply to an operator of a conveyance that is used to carry an article or to a carrier of an article whose sole concern, in respect of the article, is the conveyance of the article unless the operator or carrier could, with reasonable diligence, have ascertained that the conveying or receiving for conveyance of the article or the possession of the article for the purpose of conveyance would be in contravention of subsection (a) of this section. Source: PL 11-40, § 2 (§ 204), modified; subection (a) amended by PL 23-32, § 7 (Jan. 10, 2025). Commission Comment: In codifying PL 23-32, the Commission removed drafting marks in accordance with 1 CMC § 3806(g).