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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82971</law_id><section_number>54.1-3460</section_number><catch_line>Poisonous or deleterious substance, or color additive</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-3461</reference><reference>54.1-3464</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="34">Drug Control Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">Misbranded and Adulterated Drugs and Cosmetics</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any added poisonous or deleterious substance, or any color additive, shall with respect to any particular use or intended use be deemed unsafe with respect to any <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">device</span>, or cosmetic, unless there is a regulation allowing limited use of a quantity of such substance, and the use or intended use of such substance conforms to the terms prescribed by regulation. While such regulations relating to such substance are in effect, a <span class="dictionary">drug</span> or cosmetic shall not, by reason of bearing or containing such substance in accordance with the regulations, be considered adulterated.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 650, &#xA7; 54-524.91; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
