Yes. If the State's food adulteration provisions are identical to the listed Federal provisions and there is no Federal tolerance or limit, the State may apply its law either by regulatory action or State legislative enactment. All that the bill requires is that the State apply the same standard for adulteration that is found in Federal law. It does not matter whether the State does that administratively or by legislation.
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