217.135 Setting food standards by regulation. Whenever in the judgment of the secretary such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the secretary may promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food or class of food: a reasonable definition and standard o f identity, a reasonable standard of quality, and fill of container. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the secretary shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty a nd fair dealing in the interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the label. The definitions and standards so promulgated shall conform so far as practicable to the definitions and standards promulgated under authorit y of the federal act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act. Effective: History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art.VI, sec. 107(22). -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 247, sec. 14.
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