A. Whenever in the judgment of the board such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the board shall promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food or class of food a reasonable definition and standard of identity or reasonable standard of quality or fill of container or any combination of such requirements. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the board shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and 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 the authority of the federal act.
B. In promulgating regulations pursuant to this section, the board shall follow the procedures set forth in Section 74-1-9 NMSA 1978.
History: 1941 Comp., § 71-672, enacted by Laws 1951, ch. 169, § 9; 1953 Comp., § 54-1-9; Laws 1982, ch. 73, § 7.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For revision of requirements for enriched flour and bread, see 25-5-5 NMSA 1978.
For provisions of the Environmental Improvement Act, see Chapter 74, Article 1 NMSA 1978.
For meaning of "federal act", see 25-2-2N NMSA 1978.