N.M. Stat. § 26-1-10

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§ 26-1-10. Drug or device adulteration

Official statutory text

A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated:

A. if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance; or if it has been produced, prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health; or if it is a drug and the methods used in, or the facilities of controls used for, its manufacture, processing, packing or holding do not conform to or are not operated or administered in conformity with current good manufacturing practice to assure that such drug meets the requirements of the New Mexico Drug and Cosmetic Act [New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act] as to safety and has the identity and strength, and meets the quality and purity characteristics which it purports or is represented to possess; or if it is a drug and its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health; or if it is a drug and it bears or contains for purposes of coloring only a color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of the federal act or it is a color additive the intended use of which in drugs is for the purposes of coloring only, and is unsafe within the meaning of the federal act;

B. if it purports to be or is represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in an official compendium, and its strength differs from, or its quality or purity falls below, the standard set forth in such compendium. Such determination as to strength, quality and purity shall be made in accordance with the tests or methods of assay set forth in such compendium or in the absence of or inadequacy of such tests or methods of assay, those prescribed under the authority of the federal act. No drug defined in an official compendium shall be deemed to be adulterated under this paragraph because it differs from the standard of strength, quality or purity therefor set forth if such standard is plainly stated on its label. Whenever a drug is recognized both in the United States Pharmacopoeia and the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States it shall be subject to the requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia unless it is labeled and offered for sale as a homeopathic drug, in which case it shall be subject to the provisions of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States and not those of the United States Pharmacopoeia;

C. if it is not subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this section and its strength differs from, or its purity or quality falls below, that which it purports or is represented to possess; or

D. if it is a drug and any substance has been mixed or packed therewith so as to reduce its quality or strength; or substituted wholly or in part therefor.

Status: in_force

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