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21 U.S.C. § 674 — Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations of [section 607(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section607/e&num=0&edition=prelim)
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The United States district courts, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the highest court of American Samoa, and the United States courts of the other Territories, are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of, this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this chapter, except as provided in [section 607(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section607/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The United States district courts, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the highest court of American Samoa, and the United States courts of the other Territories, are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of, this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this chapter, except as provided in [section 607(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section607/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Proceedings in rem; libel of information; jurisdiction; disposal by destruction or sale; proceeds into the Treasury; sales restrictions; bond; court costs and fees, storage, and other expenses against claimants; proceedings in admiralty; jury trial; United States as plaintiff**
(1) Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or equine, that is being transported in commerce or otherwise subject to subchapter I or II of this chapter, or is held for sale in the United States after such transportation, and that (A) is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this chapter, or (B) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded, or (C) in any other way is in violation of this chapter, shall be liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, at any time, on a libel of information in any United States district court or other proper court as provided in [section 674 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section674&num=0&edition=prelim) within the jurisdiction of which the article or animal is found.
(2) If the article or animal is condemned it shall, after entry of the decree, (A) be distributed in accordance with paragraph (5), or (B) be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and the proceeds, if sold, less the court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, but the article or animal shall not be sold contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or the laws of the jurisdiction in which it i
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For the efficient administration and enforcement of this chapter, the provisions (including penalties) of sections 46, 48, 49 and 50 of title 15 (except paragraphs (c) through (h) of section 46 and the last paragraph of section 49 11 See References in Text note below. of title 15), and the provisions of section 409(l) 1 of title 47; are made applicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the Secretary in administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to any person, firm, or corporation with respect to whom such authority is exercised. The Secretary, in person or by such agents as he may designate, may prosecute any inquiry necessary to his duties under this chapter in any part of the United States, and the powers conferred by said sections 49 and 50 of title 15 on the district courts of the United States may be exercised for the purposes of this chapter by any court designated in [section 674 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section674&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS
§ 677
1 See References in Text note below.
§ 674. Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement
and injunction proceedings and other kinds
of cases; limitations of section 607(e) of this
title
The United States district courts, the District
Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin
Islands, the highest court of American Samoa,
and the United States courts of the other Terri-
tories, are vested with jurisdiction specifically
to enforce, and to prevent and restrain viola-
tions of, this chapter, and shall have jurisdic-
tion in all other kinds of cases arising under this
chapter, except as provided in section 607(e) of
this title.
(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title IV, § 404, as added
Pub. L. 90–201, § 16, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 599.)
§ 675. Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain
persons; murder; protection of such persons
Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, op-
poses, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with
any person while engaged in or on account of the
performance of his official duties under this
chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000 or
imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Whoever, in the commission of any such acts,
uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be
fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not
more than ten years, or both. Whoever kills any
person while engaged in or on account of the
performance of his official duties under this
chapter shall be punished as provided under sec-
tions 1111 and 1114 of title 18.
(Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, title IV, § 405, as added
Pub. L. 90–201, § 16, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 599.)
§ 676. Violations
(a) Misdemeanors; felonies: intent to defraud and
distribution of adulterated articles; good
faith
Any person, firm, or corporation who
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