Missouri Revisor of Statutes - Revised Statutes of Missouri, RSMo Chapter 196

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 196 Food, Drugs and Tobacco ✹⚿

	FOOD, DRUGS AND COSMETICS — REGULATION AND INSPECTION
196.010	Definitions. (8/28/1943)
196.015	Certain acts prohibited. (8/28/1943)
196.020	Injunction will lie to restrain violations of section 196.015. (8/28/1943)
196.025	Punishment for violations, exceptions. (8/28/1943)
196.030	Agent of department of health and senior services shall tag, detain and embargo adulterated, tainted, or misbranded articles. (1/2/1979)
196.035	Duty of prosecuting attorney. (8/28/1943)
196.040	Department of health and senior services not required to report minor violations, when. (8/28/1943)
196.045	Authority for enforcement vested in department of health and senior services — rulemaking, procedure. (8/28/1995)
196.050	Not to prescribe more stringent regulations than prescribed by federal act. (8/28/1943)
196.055	Access to places in which food, drugs, devices or cosmetics are manufactured. (8/28/1943)
196.056	Charitable fund-raising events, nonprofit organization may prepare food in private home — notification to consumer — exceptions. (8/28/2014)
196.060	Carriers in interstate commerce shall permit access to records of shipments. (8/28/1943)
196.065	Publication of reports of judgments, decrees and court orders. (8/28/1943)
196.070	Food, when deemed adulterated — industrial hemp content, effect of. (8/28/2018)
196.075	Food, when deemed misbranded. (8/28/1943)
196.080	Permits governing manufacture, processing or packing of certain foods — suspension and reinstatement. (8/28/1943)
196.085	Use of poisonous or deleterious substances. (8/28/1943)
196.090	Sections 196.010 to 196.120 not applicable to animal food or garbage. (8/28/1943)
196.095	When drug or device adulterated. (8/28/1943)
196.100	When drug or device misbranded. (8/28/2019)
196.105	Provisions governing selling or delivering new drug. (8/28/1943)
196.110	When a cosmetic deemed adulterated. (8/28/1943)
196.115	When a cosmetic deemed misbranded. (8/28/1943)
196.120	Advertisement, when deemed false. (8/28/1943)
196.150	Sale of horse and mule meat prohibited except when labeled as such meat. (8/28/1939)
196.155	Penalty. (8/28/1939)
196.160	Lawful to sell goat meat, when. (8/28/1939)
196.165	Falsely representing food to be kosher prohibited, penalty — kosher defined. (8/28/1976)
196.170	Mixed flour to be branded. (8/28/1939)
196.175	Penalty. (8/28/1949)
	SANITATION IN ESTABLISHMENTS HANDLING FOOD
196.190	To what places law applies. (8/28/1939)
196.195	Contents of places and utensils used must be protected. (8/28/1939)
196.210	Toilet rooms provided. (8/28/1939)
196.220	Not used for sleeping purposes. (8/28/1939)
196.225	Employees with communicable disease prohibited, where. (8/28/1977)
196.230	Abatement of violations by director. (8/28/1939)
196.235	Penalty. (8/28/1939)
196.240	Authorization by director to close health menace. (8/28/1939)
196.245	Order to specify what — revocation — reopening. (8/28/1939)
196.250	Construction of the word close. (8/28/1939)
196.265	Penalty for violation. (8/28/1939)
196.271	Food manufacturers or distributors may register. (8/28/1977)
	FOOD DELIVERY PLATFORM
196.276	Food delivery platform — definitions — certification or registration — limitations — agreements, requirements — violation, penalties. (1/1/2022)
	FOOD SOLD AT RELIGIOUS EVENTS AND CHARITABLE FUNCTIONS
196.291	Food sold at religious events or charitable functions exempt from food inspection laws and regulations, when. (8/28/2005)
	COTTAGE FOOD PRODUCTION
196.298	Definitions — operation not deemed food service establishment, when — no state or local regulation. (8/28/2022)
	SALE OF EGGS — REGULATION
196.311	Definitions. (8/28/2023)
196.313	License to sell eggs required — exceptions. (8/28/1955)
196.316	License requirements — applications — kinds of licenses — fees — posting. (8/28/2023)
196.318	Licensees to keep records. (8/28/1955)
196.321	Standards and grades to be fixed. (8/28/1955)
196.323	Kinds of eggs which may be sold. (8/28/1955)
196.326	Egg containers to be marked or labeled. (8/28/1955)
196.328	Containers not required to be marked, when. (8/28/1955)
196.331	Sign required on sale from bulk lots. (8/28/1955)
196.333	Markings in case of eggs from different species of fowl. (8/28/1955)
196.336	Advertisements of price to give size and quality. (8/28/1955)
196.338	Dealer to furnish retailer with invoice showing size and quality. (8/28/1955)
196.341	Processing plants kept clean — standards — inspection — rulemaking, procedure. (8/28/1995)
196.343	Inspection of business premises and records. (8/28/1955)
196.346	Stop-sale orders, effect — appeals. (1/2/1979)
196.348	Court may order seizure of eggs, when — condemnation. (1/2/1979)
196.351	License suspended or revoked, when, procedure — appeal. (8/28/1955)
196.352	Civil penalty authorized, when. (8/28/2019)
196.354	Duties of director of agriculture — rules and regulations. (8/28/1995)
196.357	Violations may be enjoined. (8/28/1955)
196.361	Violation a misdemeanor. (8/28/1955)
	REGULATION OF LOCKER PLANTS
196.450	Definitions. (8/28/1945)
196.455	Annual license required. (8/28/1949)
196.465	Semiannual inspection of plants. (8/28/1945)
196.470	Form and expiration of license. (8/28/1945)
196.475	Gas masks, alarm bell, and illumination required. (8/28/1945)
196.480	Requirements before issuance of license. (8/28/1945)
196.485	Temperature requirements and record. (8/28/1945)
196.490	Food to be quick frozen before placed in locker. (8/28/1945)
196.495	Record of name and address of user. (8/28/1945)
196.500	Accurate and complete report of weight of food. (8/28/1945)
196.505	Designation of food not for human consumption. (8/28/1945)
196.510	Operator to have lien on property for rentals — furnish content insurance. (8/28/1945)
196.515	Revocation of license — enforcement. (8/28/1945)
	MISSOURI DAIRY LAW
	Southern dairy compact, 262.700 to 262.703
196.520	Short title. (8/28/1981)
196.525	Definitions. (8/28/1981)
196.527	Purposes. (8/28/1981)
196.530	Standards to be maintained. (8/28/1981)
196.540	Administration by state milk board — rules, promulgation — exempt products. (8/28/1995)
196.542	Fees for licenses. (8/28/1981)
196.545	Unlawful sale of dairy products. (8/28/1981)
196.550	Grading of products — right to protest accuracy, procedure. (8/28/1981)
196.555	The state milk board's right of access. (8/28/1981)
196.560	Records of purchases and sales. (8/28/1981)
196.565	The state milk board may take samples. (8/28/1981)
196.570	Condemnation of illegal dairy products. (8/28/1981)
196.575	Unidentified products subject to seizure. (8/28/1981)
196.580	Confiscated products released to owner, when. (8/28/1981)
196.585	Inspection, interference prohibited. (8/28/1981)
196.590	Suspension or revocation of licenses. (8/28/1981)
196.595	Substandard products, sale or production prohibited. (8/28/1981)
196.610	Penalty for violation. (8/28/1981)
196.612	Contract with the United States Department of Agriculture to inspect plants and grade products. (8/28/1985)
196.614	State contracted manufacturing dairy plant inspection and grading fee fund — purpose — interest — unexpended balance, transfer to general revenue prohibited. (8/28/1985)
	REGULATION OF SALE OF FILLED MILK, BUTTER SUBSTITUTES, AND CHEESE
196.695	Filled milk defined. (8/28/1939)
196.700	Emulsified cream defined. (8/28/1939)
196.705	Fat or oil other than milk fat prohibited. (8/28/1939)
196.710	Emulsified cream and filled milk prohibited. (8/28/1939)
196.715	Penalty for violation. (8/28/1945)
196.735	Labeling of cheese. (8/28/1939)
196.740	Labeling for shipments of skimmed milk. (8/28/1939)
196.815	Receptacles defined. (8/28/1949)
196.820	Receptacles kept clean. (8/28/1939)
196.825	Return of shipping containers. (8/28/1939)
196.830	Receptacle cleaned and returned to distributor. (8/28/1939)
196.835	Penalty. (8/28/1949)
196.840	Examination and tuberculin test of cattle, when. (8/28/1939)
196.845	Violation a misdemeanor. (8/28/1939)
	MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF ICE CREAM AND FROZEN FOOD PRODUCTS
196.851	Applicability — purpose of law. (8/28/1980)
196.856	Definitions of products subject to law. (8/28/1980)
196.872	Rules and regulations for minimum sanitation to be established, procedure. (8/28/1995)
196.881	Samples for analysis to be furnished the department of health and senior services, when. (8/28/1980)
196.886	Sale regulations — labeling. (8/28/1980)
196.895	Violation of law a misdemeanor. (8/28/1955)
	FLUID MILK AND FLUID MILK PRODUCTS
196.931	Definitions. (8/28/2006)
196.933	Certain products exempted. (8/28/1972)
196.935	State milk inspection required on all graded fluid milk or milk products — pasteurization required, exception. (8/28/1972)
196.937	Penalty — violation by employee is violation by employer. (8/28/1972)
196.939	Rules and regulations — inspection by political subdivisions prohibited, exceptions — hearings, notice — rules, procedure. (8/28/1995)
196.941	State milk board, membership, qualifications, appointment. (8/28/1986)
196.943	Appointments, when made — authority to act, when — failure of senate to consent, effect of. (8/28/1972)
196.945	Inspection fee, payable when — hearing and notice before fee established. (8/28/1972)
196.947	State milk inspection fee fund created — funds, how expended, not to revert to general revenue. (5/10/1994)
196.949	State inspection of milk or milk products not required, when. (8/28/2006)
196.951	State milk board official rating agency — survey made, when, how. (8/28/2006)
196.953	Injunctive relief authorized. (8/28/1972)
196.955	Valid grade A milk permit holder may continue to sell grade A milk. (8/28/1972)
196.957	Only one inspection required. (8/28/1972)
196.959	Appeal from order or regulation of board, how taken. (8/28/1972)
	PRESCRIPTION DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM
196.970	Citation of law. (8/28/2004)
196.973	Definitions. (8/28/2018)
196.976	Prescription drug repository program established, criteria. (8/28/2004)
196.979	Donation of prescription drugs to the program, procedure — distribution to out-of-state charitable repositories, when. (1/1/2017)
196.981	Immunity from civil or criminal liability, when. (8/28/2006)
196.984	Administrative rules, authority to promulgate. (8/28/2004)
	EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTORS
196.990	Epinephrine auto-injectors, authorized entities may stock supply — definitions — procedure — immunity from liability — applicability. (8/28/2020)
	TOBACCO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
196.1000	Definitions. (7/1/1999)
196.1003	Requirements. (7/1/1999)
196.1020	Definitions. (7/7/2010)
196.1023	Certification, compliance with tobacco master settlement agreement required — directory listing. (7/7/2010)
196.1026	Nonresident or foreign nonparticipating manufacturers, requirements. (7/7/2010)
196.1029	Quarterly reports required, contents — disclosure to attorney general, when — escrow fund required, when — additional information may be required, when. (7/7/2010)
196.1032	Remedies for violations — distribution of cigarettes prohibited, when — violations, penalty. (7/7/2010)
196.1035	Judicial review of director's decision not to list — compliance agreement required — rulemaking authority — funds created. (8/28/2014)
	OPIOID SETTLEMENTS
196.1050	Opioid addiction treatment, any opioid-related settlement moneys to be used for — fund established. (8/28/2023)
	LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH
	Joint committee for life sciences created, 21.805
196.1100	Trust fund established, purpose — reversion to general revenue prohibited. (8/28/2003)
196.1103	Board established — appointment, terms, qualifications, expenses, appointment to life sciences committee not to disqualify for membership on board. (8/28/2014)
196.1106	Centers to be established — definition — areas in which centers to be established — approval by board — screening committee appointed for each area — rules, powers and duties. (8/28/2003)
196.1109	Moneys appropriated from trust fund, purposes. (2/3/2012)
196.1109	Moneys appropriated from trust fund, purposes. (8/28/2003)
196.1112	Projects for centers to be determined by board, subject to peer review — distribution of funds, amounts authorized. (8/28/2003)
196.1115	Board's powers, duties and limitation on expenditures. (2/3/2012)
196.1115	Board's powers, duties and limitation on expenditures. (8/28/2003)
196.1118	Annual audit by state auditor or private accounting firm — audit available to public — every three years comprehensive report for governor and general assembly, content — audit and report not administrative expense. (8/28/2003)
196.1121	Reimbursement of costs allowed if four-part test met — institutions or organizations receiving grants or awards to retain title to all inventions, data and discoveries — rulemaking authority. (8/28/2003)
196.1124	Board members not to be employed by public or private entity receiving financial support from trust fund — conflict of interest guidelines to be developed. (8/28/2003)
196.1127	Appropriation to board subject to certain requirements. (8/28/2003)
196.1130	Rules to become effective, when. (8/28/2003)

- Cross References
	All license, permit and certificate applications shall contain the Social Security number of the applicant, 324.024
	Baby food, drugs, cosmetics, and certain devices, sales by itinerant vendors and peddlers prohibited, penalty, 150.465
	Beer and liquors to be manufactured of pure components, 311.490
	Dairies, sale of milk, regulation in cities and towns, 71.720
	Director of department of health and senior services, powers and duties, 192.080
	Honey, separate facilities not required for manufacture of, when, 261.241
	Pesticide registration act, 281.210 to 281.310
	Poisons, regulation of sale, prescriptions to be preserved, 338.090, 338.100
	Polystyrene foam products, packaging, wrapping or containers for food or beverages prohibited, penalty, 643.400
	St. Charles County may require health inspections and licenses for eating establishments in the county, 205.769
	Tobacco settlement financing authority act, 8.500 to 8.565

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