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21 U.S.C. § 141 — Prohibition of importation without permit
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On and after May 16, 1927, the importation into the United States of milk and cream is prohibited unless the person by whom such milk or cream is shipped or transported into the United States holds a valid permit from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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On and after May 16, 1927, the importation into the United States of milk and cream is prohibited unless the person by whom such milk or cream is shipped or transported into the United States holds a valid permit from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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For the purposes of this chapter—
**(a)**
(1) The term “State”, except as used in the last sentence of [section 372(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section372/a&num=0&edition=prelim), means any State or Territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(2) The term “Territory” means any Territory or possession of the United States, including the District of Columbia, and excluding the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone.
**(b)** The term “interstate commerce” means (1) commerce between any State or Territory and any place outside thereof, and (2) commerce within the District of Columbia or within any other Territory not organized with a legislative body.
**(c)** The term “Department” means Department of Health and Human Services.
**(d)** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
**(e)** The term “person” includes individual, partnership, corporation, and association.
**(f)** The term “food” means (1) articles used for food or drink for man or other animals, (2) chewing gum, and (3) articles used for components of any such article.
**(g)**
(1) The term “drug” means (A) articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia,11 So in original. Probably should be “Pharmacopeia,”. official Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; and (B) articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and (C) articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals; and (D) articles intended for use as a component of any article specif
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**(a) Law determinative of exemption** Meats and meat food products shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent of the application or the extension thereto of the Meat Inspection Act, approved March 4, 1907, as amended [[21 U.S.C. 601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(b) Laws unaffected** Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as in any way affecting, modifying, repealing, or superseding the provisions of section 351 of Public Health Service Act [[42 U.S.C. 262](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section262&num=0&edition=prelim)] (relating to viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products applicable to man); the virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products provisions, applicable to domestic animals, of the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 832–833) [[21 U.S.C. 151](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section151&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; the Filled Cheese Act of June 6, 1896 (U.S.C., 1934 ed., title 26, ch. 10), the Filled Milk Act of March 4, 1923 [[21 U.S.C. 61](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section61&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; or the Import Milk Act of February 15, 1927 [[21 U.S.C. 141](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section141&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
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TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS
§ 141
SUBCHAPTER IV—IMPORTATION OF MILK
AND CREAM
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT
Nothing contained in chapter 9 (§ 301 et seq.) of this
title shall be construed as in any way affecting, modi-
fying, repealing, or superseding the provisions of this
subchapter, see section 392(b) of this title.
§ 141. Prohibition of importation without permit
On and after May 16, 1927, the importation into
the United States of milk and cream is prohib-
ited unless the person by whom such milk or
cream is shipped or transported into the United
States holds a valid permit from the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, § 1, 44 Stat. 1101; 1940
Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 12, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R.
2421, 54 Stat. 1237; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 5, eff.
Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub. L.
96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub-
stituted in text for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare’’ pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88,
which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Edu-
cation.
SHORT TITLE
Act July 12, 1943, ch. 221, title II, 57 Stat. 499, pro-
vided in part that act Feb. 15, 1927, which is classified
to this subchapter, may be cited as ‘‘Import Milk Act’’.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of Federal Security Admin-
istrator to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
[now Health and Human Services], and of Food and
Drug Administration to Federal Security Agency, see
notes set out under section 321 of this title.
§ 142. Milk or cream when unfit for importation
Milk
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