Section 39-15-5 - False label as to purity, effect, or contents as misbranding

39-15-5. False label as to purity, effect, or contents as misbranding.For the purposes of this chapter a drug shall be deemed to be misbranded if the package or label shall bear or contain any statement, design, or device regarding the purity or therapeutic effect of such article or any of the ingredients or substances contained therein, which is false or fraudulent; or which is false or misleading in any particular concerning the contents. Source: SL 1907, ch 151, §35; SL 1909, ch 180, §4; RC 1919, §7853; SDC 1939, §22.1103 (1).