In this chapter,
(1) “advertisement” means a representation disseminated, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which is likely to induce directly or indirectly the purchase of food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics;
(2) “aquatic farm” has the meaning given in AS 16.40.199;
(3) “aquatic farm product” has the meaning given in AS 16.40.199;
(4) “contaminated with filth” means food, drug, device, or cosmetic not securely protected from dust, dirt, and as far as necessary by all reasonable means, from foreign or injurious contamination;
(5) “cosmetic” means an article intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and an article intended for use as a component of an article enumerated in this paragraph; except that the term does not include soap intended for cleansing purposes only;
(6) “device” except when used in AS 17.20.040(a)(6), 17.20.090(3), 17.20.150(3), 17.20.290(a)(10) and 17.20.300 means an instrument, apparatus, and contrivance, including its components, parts, and accessories, intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animal; or to affect the structure or function of the body of man or animal;
(7) “drug” means an article recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary; an article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animal; an article other than food, intended to affect the structure or function of the body of man or animal; and an article intended for use as component of an article specified in this paragraph but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories;
(8) “federal act” means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301 - 392; 52 Stat. 1040 - 1059;
(9) “fish or fisheries products” means any aquatic animal, including amphibians, or aquatic plants or parts of those plants, animals, or amphibians that are usable as human food;
(10) “food” means an article used for food or drink for man or animal, chewing gum, and articles used for components of either of them;
(11) “immediate container” does not include a package liner;
(12) “label” means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of an article; however, a requirement made by or under authority of this chapter that a word, statement, or other information appear on the label is not complied with unless the word, statement, or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, if there is one, or is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper;
(13) “labeling” means the label and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon an article or its container or wrapper accompanying the article;
(14) “new drug” means a drug the composition of which is such that it is not generally recognized among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of drugs as safe for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling of it; or a drug the composition of which is such that the drug, as a result of investigations to determine its safety for use under such conditions, has become so recognized, but which has not, otherwise than in these investigations, been used to a material extent or for a material time under those conditions;
(15) “official compendium” means the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, official National Formulary, or supplements to them.