Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 4 > Part I - Adulteration, Substitution, Misbranding, or False Advertising

• Advertisement: includes all representations of fact or opinion disseminated to the public in any manner or by any means other than by the labeling. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Cosmetic: includes all substances and preparations intended for cleansing, altering the appearance of, or promoting the attractiveness of a person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health and "secretary" means the secretary thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Device: includes all devices intended for use in diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or beast, or intended to affect the structure of any function of the body. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Drug: includes all substances and preparations recognized in the official compendium, as herein defined. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Food: includes all substances and preparations used for or entering into the composition of food, drink, confectionery, chewing gum, or condiment for man or beast. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Label: means the principal display or displays of written, printed, or graphic matter upon any food, drug, device, or cosmetic, or the immediate container thereof, or upon the outside container or wrapper, if any, of the retail package of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Labeling: includes all labels and other written, printed, and graphic matter, in any form whatsoever, accompanying any food, drug, device, or cosmetic. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Medical profession: means the legalized profession of the healing art. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Official compendium: means the United States Pharmacopoeia, Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, National Formulary, or any supplement of any of them, official at the time any drug, to which the provisions thereof relate, is introduced into commerce. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Scientific opinion: means the opinion, within their respective fields, of competent pharmacologists, physiologists, or toxicologists. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.