# N.D. Cent. Code § 19-02.1-08: 19-02.1-08. Food - Definitions and standards

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## Section

- **Citation:** N.D. Cent. Code § 19-02.1-08
- **Heading:** 19-02.1-08. Food - Definitions and standards
- **Jurisdiction:** North Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** ND Code / Title 19 / Chapter 19-02.1 / Section 19-02.1-08

## Text

19-02.1-08. Food - Definitions and standards

Whenever in the judgment of the department such action will promote honesty and fair

dealing in the interest of consumers, the department shall promulgate regulations fixing and

establishing for any food or class of food a reasonable definition and standard of identity or

reasonable standard of quality or fill of container. In prescribing a definition and standard of

identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the department

shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers,

designate the optional ingredients which must be named on the label. The definitions and

standards so promulgated must conform so far as practicable to the definitions and standards

promulgated under authority of the federal act.

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