KRS 217.135: Setting food standards by regulation.

Whenever in the judgment of the secretary such action will promote honesty and fair

dealing in the interest of consumers, the secretary may promulgate regulations fixing and

establishing for any food or class of food: a reasonable definition and standard of identity,

a reasonable standard of quality, and fill of container. In prescribing a definition and

standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are

permitted, the secretary shall, for the purpose of promoting honesty and fair dealing in the

interest of consumers, designate the optional ingredients which shall be named on the

label. The definitions and standards so promulgated shall conform so far as practicable to

the definitions and standards promulgated under authorit y of the federal act, the Federal

Meat Inspection Act, or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act.