P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 2704
(1) The following activities are prohibited:
(a) The distribution, sale, transportation or possession of any unduly labeled dangerous substance or any prohibited dangerous substance; Provided, That the responsibility for the sale of an unduly labeled dangerous substance with respect to the ingredients or other technical information shall fall on the manufacturer, seller or distributor.
(b) The alteration, mutilation, destruction or total or partial removal of the label of a dangerous substance.
(c) The commercial transaction of any dangerous substance unduly labeled or any prohibited dangerous substance and the delivery or offer for delivery thereof in exchange for money or other compensation; Provided, That the responsibility for the sale of an unduly labeled dangerous substance with respect to the ingredients or other technical information shall fall on the manufacturer, seller or distributor.
(d) Refusal to permit the entrance of or inspection by the employees or officials of the Department as authorized in § 2709 of this title.
(e) The introduction, remittance, possession, receipt, sale, delivery and offer for delivery of a dangerous substance in a food, drug or cosmetic container previously used or in a container that, despite not being previously used, can be identified as a container for food, drug or cosmetic by its label or other kind of identification.
Repeated use of a food, drug or cosmetic container for a dangerous substance shall be considered as an action turning the dangerous substance into an unduly labeled dangerous substance. The terms food, drug and cosmetic as used in this part shall have the meanings provided by §§ 711—732 of this title.
(f) The manufacture, distribution, sale, transportation, delivery, possession with the intention of selling, distributing, transporting or delivering an unduly labeled dangerous substance or a prohibited dangerous substance within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is also prohibited to keep said substances within the reach of children.
(g) The use by any person for his personal benefit or the revelation to another person other than the Secretary or the employees or officials of the Department, or to the courts, of any information obtained under § 2709 of this title, related to any method or process that as a commercial secret is entitled to protection.
(h) Removal or disposal of any substance detained or embargoed, as provided for in § 2706 of this title.
(i) The self-service of dangerous substances in establishments where retailed. Establishments where these dangerous substances are retailed shall keep them separated from the rest of the substances for sale.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 233, Part 2, p. 207, § 4, eff. 60 days after July 23, 1974.