AN ACT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND PURITY OF FOODS
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AN ACT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND PURITY OF FOODS
Republic Act No. 3720
June 22, 1963
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Title: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ActDeclaration of Policy (Section 2): The State aims to ensure safe and good quality supply of food, drug, and cosmetic, and regulate their production, sale, and traffic to protect public health.
Establishment of Standards and Quality Measures (Section 3):
- Establish standards and quality measures for food, drug, and cosmetic.
- Adopt measures to ensure pure and safe supply.
Creation of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Sections 4-8):
- FDA created under the Department of Health to administer and enforce the Act.
- Functions include inspection, analysis, certification, licensing, and fee collection.
- Composed of Inspection and Licensing Division, and Laboratory Division.
- Headed by a Food and Drug Administrator appointed by the Secretary of Health.
Board of Food and Drug Inspection (Section 9):
- Converted from the Board of Food Inspection.
- Composed of representatives from various government agencies and professional associations.
- Conducts hearings, investigations, and recommends food and drug standards.
Definitions (Section 10):
- Defines terms such as "food", "drug", "device", "cosmetic", "label", "labeling", "new drugs", and "food additive".
Prohibited Acts and Penalties (Sections 11-12):
- Prohibits adulteration, misbranding, refusal of inspection, false guarantees, and counterfeiting.
- Penalties include imprisonment of 6 months to 5 years, and/or fine of at least 1,000 pesos.
- Exemptions for good faith sellers and guarantors.
Definition and Standards for Food (Sections 13-17):
- Secretary to establish definitions, standards of identity, quality, and fill of container for food (Section 13).
- Defines when food is considered adulterated (Section 14) or misbranded (Section 15).
- Allows emergency permit control for potentially injurious food (Section 16).
- Regulates tolerances for poisonous ingredients and coal-tar colors in food (Section 17).
Drugs and Devices (Sections 18-22):
- Defines when drugs and devices are considered adulterated (Section 18) or misbranded (Section 19).
- Regulates dispensing of habit-forming, toxic, and new drugs (Section 20).
- Requires approval for manufacturing and selling new drugs, with provisions for investigations, hearings, and exemptions (Section 21).
- Provides for certification of batches of certain antibiotics (Section 22).
Cosmetics (Sections 23-25):
- Defines when cosmetics are considered adulterated (Section 23) or misbranded (Section 24).
- Allows exemptions from labeling requirements for cosmetics to be processed elsewhere (Section 25).
General Administration Provisions (Sections 26-29):
- Authorizes the Secretary to issue rules and regulations for enforcement (Section 26).
- Allows inspection of food, drug, and cosmetic establishments (Section 27).
- Requires providing samples and analysis results to owners (Section 28).
- Allows dissemination of information in cases of danger or deception (Section 29).
Imports and Exports (Section 30):
- Regulates importation of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, including sampling, refusal of admission, relabeling, and destruction.
- Allows export of products conforming to foreign purchaser's specifications and not for domestic sale.
Financing (Section 31):
- Appropriates 1 million pesos to augment funds for implementation.
- Fees collected to accrue to the General Fund.
Repealing Clause and Effectivity (Sections 32-34):
- Repeals inconsistent laws and regulations.
- Provides for severability clause.
- Sets the effective date upon approval.
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AN ACT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND PURITY OF FOODS
Republic Act No. 3720
•June 22, 1963
REPUBLIC ACT No. 3720
AN ACT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND PURITY OF FOODS, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY CREATING THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WHICH SHALL ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE LAWS PERTAINING THERETO.
CHAPTER ITitle
Section 1. This Act shall be known as the "Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act."
CHAPTER IIDeclaration of Policy
Section 2. It is hereby declared the policy of the State to insure safe and good quality supply of food, drug and cosmetic, and to regulate the production, sale, and traffic of the same to protect the health of the people.
Section 3. In the implementation of the foregoing policy, the Government shall in accordance with the provisions of this Act:
(a) Establish standards and quality measures for food, drug, and cosmetic.
(b) Adopt measures to insure pure and safe supply of food, drug, and cosmetic in the country.
CHAPTER IIICreation of the Food and Drug Administration
Section 4. To carry out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby created an office to be called...
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