P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 720
A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:
(a)
(1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which renders it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not added, such food shall not be considered adulterated under this subsection if the quantity of such substance does not render it injurious to health; or
(2) if it bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance which is unsafe as defined in § 723 of this title; or
(3) if it consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for food; or
(4) if it has been produced, prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered diseased, unwholesome or injurious to health; or
(5) if it is the product of a diseased animal or an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter or that has been fed upon the uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse, or
(6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which renders the contents injurious to health.
(b)
(1) If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom; or
(2) if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefor; or
(3) if its damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner, or
(4) if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength or make it appear of better quality or of greater value than it is.
(c) If it is a confectionery product and it bears or contains any alcohol or nonnutritive article or substance except coloring, flavoring, resinous glaze, all harmless, and in quantity not exceeding four-tenths of 1 per centum (0.4%), harmless natural gum, and pectin; Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to any confectionery product containing less than one-half of 1 per centum (0.5%) by volume of alcohol derived solely from the use of aromatic substances for flavoring or to any chewing gum containing inert, nonnutritive substances which are not harmful but which are masticatory.
(d) If it bears or contains a coal-tar color from a batch which has not been certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.
History —Apr. 26, 1940, No. 72, p. 492, § 10, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1940.