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(4)__Bears or contains a color additive that is unsafe
within the meaning of Section 321(2)(t)(1) of the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

 
An article that is not considered "adulterated" under
subparagraph (2), (3) or (4) is considered "adulterated" if
use of the pesticide chemical, food additive or color
additive in or on the article is prohibited by rules of the
commissioner in establishments at which inspection is
maintained under this subchapter;

 
C.__It consists in whole or in part of any foul, decayed or
decomposed substance or is for any other reason unsound,
unhealthful, unwholesome or otherwise unfit for human food;

 
D.__It has been prepared, packed or held under unsanitary
conditions where it might have become contaminated with
filth or where it might have been rendered injurious to
health;

 
E.__It is in whole or in part the product of an animal that
has died otherwise than by slaughter;

 
F.__Its container is composed in whole or in part of a
poisonous or harmful substance that might render the
contents injurious to health;

 
G.__It has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless
the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation
or exemption in effect pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act;

 
H.__A valuable constituent has been in whole or in part
omitted or abstracted from the carcass or a substance has
been substituted wholly or in part; damage or inferiority
has been concealed; or a substance has been added to the
carcass or mixed or packed with the carcass to increase its
bulk or weight, reduce its quality or strength or make it
appear better or of greater value than it is; or

 
I.__It is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw
material used in the animal fat consisted in whole or in
part of a foul, decayed or decomposed substance.

 
2.__Animal or animals.__"Animal" or "animals" means cattle,
sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines and the
carcasses or parts or products of the carcasses of those animals.


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