39-4-17. Exemption of articles intended for export.
No article shall be deemed to be misbranded or adulterated within the meaning of this chapter when intended for export to any foreign country and prepared and packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser, if no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which such article is intended to be shipped; but if such article shall be in fact sold, or kept for sale, or offered for sale, for use, or consumption in this state then it shall be subject to all the provisions of this chapter.
Source: SL 1909, ch 163, §2; SL 1917, ch 242, §2; RC 1919, §7806; SDC 1939, §22.0407.