The Florida Senate

499.002  Purpose of ss. 499.001-499.081.--Sections 499.001-499.081 are intended to:

(1)  Safeguard the public health and promote the public welfare by protecting the public from injury by product use and by merchandising deceit involving drugs, devices, and cosmetics.

(2)  Provide uniform legislation to be administered so far as practicable in conformity with the provisions of, and regulations issued under the authority of, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and that portion of the Federal Trade Commission Act which expressly prohibits the false advertisement of drugs, devices, and cosmetics.

(3)  Promote thereby uniformity of such state and federal laws, and their administration and enforcement, throughout the United States.

History.--s. 34, ch. 82-225; s. 1, ch. 83-265; s. 2, ch. 86-133; ss. 2, 52, ch. 92-69.