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§ 71.03 Definitions.
When used in this Code:
   (a)   Food means any raw, cooked or processed edible substances, beverages, ingredients, chewing gum, ice, or water used or intended for use or for sale in whole or in part for human consumption.
   (b)   Drug means:
      (1)   An article recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them.
      (2)   An article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or condition, or to control a bodily function in humans or animals.
      (3)   An article other than food that is intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of human or animals, whether intended to be consumed, aspirated or otherwise absorbed, rubbed, poured, sprinkled, sprayed on, ingested, introduced into or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof.
      (4)   An article intended for use as a component of any articles specified in paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this subdivision, but does not include a device, instrument, apparatus, or contrivance or their components, parts and accessories, intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or animals; or to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or animals.
   (c)   Cosmetic means
      (1)   articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, including but not limited to personal hygiene products such as deodorant, shampoo or conditioner, and
      (2)   articles intended for use as a component of any such articles.
   (d)   Raw agricultural commodity means any food in its raw or natural state, including all fruits or vegetables, that are washed, colored or otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form prior to marketing.
   (e)   Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of the United States, 21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq., as such law may from time to time be amended.
   (f)   Label or labeling shall have the same meaning as the definition in 24 RCNY Health Code § 173.01.