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• For purposes of this Act, the term "Advertisement" means the prepared and through any form of mass medium, subsequently applied, disseminated or circulated advertising matter.
• Advertising" means the business of conceptualizing, presenting or making available to the public, through any form of mass media, fact, data or information about the attributes, features, quality or availability of consumer products, services or credit.
• An "Advertising agency or Agent" means a service organization or enterprise creating, conducting, producing, implementing or giving counsel on promotional campaigns or programs through any medium for and in behalf of any advertiser.
• Special packaging
• Substandard product
• Trade name or trademark
• Toxic substance
• Technical personnel of repair and service enterprise
• Strong sensitizer
• An "Advertiser" means the client of the advertising agency or the sponsor of the advertisement on whose account the advertising is prepared, conceptualized, presented or disseminated.
• An "Agricultural purpose" means a purpose related to the production, harvest, processing, manufacture, distribution, storage, transportation, marketing, exhibition or disposition of agricultural, fishery or marine products.
• The Generics Act applies in the labeling of drugs.
• A drug or device is also deemed to be mislabeled if its label does not state the common or usual name of its ingredients.
• A cosmetic is deemed mislabeled if its labeling or advertising is false or misleading in any way, if it is in package form unless it bears a label conforming to the requirements of labeling provided for in this Act or under existing regulations, if any word, statement or other information required by or under authority of this Act to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs or devices in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individua
• Additional requirements such as expiry or expiration date, whether or not it may be an irritant, precautions or contra-indications may be required for cosmetics.
• A drug or device is deemed to be mislabeled if its labeling is false or misleading in any way, if it is in package form unless it bears a label conforming to the requirements of this Act or the regulations promulgated therefor, and if its container is so made, formed or filled as to be misleading.
• The "Amount financed" in a consumer credit sale constitutes the cash price plus non-finance charges less the amount of any downpayment whether made in cash or in property traded in, or in a consumer loan the amount paid to, receivable by or paid or payable to the buyer or to another person in his behalf.
• A "Banned hazardous substance" means (1) any toy or other articles intended for use by children, which are hazardous per se, or which bear or contain substances harmful to human beings; or (2) any hazardous substance intended or packaged in a form suitable for use in the household, which the implementing agency by regulation, classifies as "banned hazardous substance" notwithstanding the existence of cautionary labels, to safeguard public health and safety: Provided, That the implementing agency may, by regulation, exempt from this Act, articles which by reason of their functional purpose req
• Any person who violates the provisions of Article 81 to 83 for the first time shall be subject to a fine of not less than Two hundred pesos (P200.00) but not more than Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) or by imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not more than six (6) months or both, at the discretion of the court.
• Any advertisement of cigarette shall contain the name warning as indicated in the label.
• A second conviction under Article 81 to 83 shall also carry with it the penalty of revocation of business permit and license.
• All expenses in connection with the destruction of hazardous substances, storage of such substances, and labor with respect to such substances shall be paid by the owner or consignee, and default in such payment shall constitute a lien against any importation by such owner or consignee.
• All cigarettes for sale or distribution within the country shall be contained in a package which shall bear the statement “Warning: Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Health” in conspicuous place on every cigarette package and shall appear in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, layout or color with other printed matter on the package.
• Any person who violates the provisions of Title III, Chapter IV of this Act, or its implementing rules and regulations, except Articles 81 to 83 of the same Chapter, shall be subject to a fine of not less than Five hundred pesos (P500.00) but not more than Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than three (3) months but not more than two (2) years or both, at the discretion of the court.
• The expenses for supervision of hazardous substances shall be paid by the person obtaining release of the hazardous substance under bond.
• A "Batch" means a quantity of any drug or device produced during a given cycle of manufacture.
• A "Business name, firm name or style" means any name or designation other than the true name of a person, partnership, corporation or association which is used or signed in connection with his/its business or in 1) any written or printed receipt, including receipt for tax on business; 2) any written or printed contract not verified by a notary public; 3) any written or printed evidence of any agreement or business transaction; and 4) any sign or billboard kept conspicuously exhibited in plain view in or at the place of the business, announcing a firm name or business name or style.
• Drugs mean articles recognized in the current official United States Pharmacopoeia - National Formulary, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, official National Drug Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; and articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals; and articles intended for use as a component of any of the articles specified in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this paragraph.
• Food means any substance, whether processed, semi-processed or raw, intended for human consumption and includes chewing gum, drinks and beverages and any substance which has been used as an ingredient or a component in the manufacture, preparation or treatment of food.
• Default or delinquency charge means, with respect to a consumer credit transaction, the penalty charge payable by the consumer-debtor for failure to pay an amount or installment in full on the date the same becomes due and demandable, or on or before the period specified for the purpose in the consumer credit sale documents.
• The term “drug” when used in this Act shall include herbal and/or traditional drug.
• Distributor means any person to whom a consumer product is delivered or sold for purposes of distribution in commerce, except that such term does not include a manufacturer or retailer of such product.
• Combustible means any substance which has a flashcard>
• Food additive means any substance, the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food (including any substance intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food; and including any source of radiation intended for any such use), if such substance is not generally recognized, among experts qualified as having been adequately shown through scientific procedures to be safe under the conditi
• Device means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including any component, part or accessory which is recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia - National Formulary (USP - NF) or any supplement to them, intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other condition or in the cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease, in man or other animals; or intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals, and which does not achieve any of its principal intende
• Extremely flammable means any substance which has a flashcard>
• A "Cash price or delivered price", in case of trade transaction, means the amount of money which would constitute full payment upon delivery of the property (except money) or service purchased at the creditor’s place of business.
• Immediate container means the container or package which is immediately after or near the substance but does not include package liners.
• Label, labeling means the display of written, printed or graphic matter on any consumer product, its immediate container, tag, literature or other suitable material affixed thereto for the purpose of giving information as to the identity, components, ingredients, attributes, directions for use, specifications and such other information as may be required by law or regulations.
• Irritant means any substance not corrosive within the meaning of paragraph (t) of this Article which, on immediate, prolonged or repeated contact with normal living tissue will induce a local inflammatory reaction.