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21 U.S.C. § 62 — Manufacture, shipment, or delivery for ship-
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TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS
§§ 71 to 92
sulting product is in imitation or semblance of
milk, cream, or skimmed milk, whether or not
condensed, evaporated, concentrated, powdered,
dried, or desiccated. This definition shall not in-
clude any distinctive proprietary food compound
not readily mistaken in taste for milk or cream
or for evaporated, condensed, or powdered milk,
or cream where such compound (1) is prepared
and designed for feeding infants and young chil-
dren and customarily used on the order of a phy-
sician; (2) is packed in individual cans con-
taining not more than sixteen and one-half
ounces and bearing a label in bold type that the
content is to be used only for said purpose; (3) is
shipped in interstate or foreign commerce exclu-
sively to physicians, wholesale and retail drug-
gists, orphan asylums, child-welfare associa-
tions, hospitals, and similar institutions and
generally disposed of by them.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 1, 42 Stat. 1486.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Act July 12, 1943, ch. 221, title II, 57 Stat. 499, pro-
vided in part that act Mar. 4, 1923, which enacted this
chapter, may be cited as the ‘‘Filled Milk Act’’.
§ 62. Manufacture, shipment, or delivery for ship-
ment in interstate or foreign commerce pro-
hibited
It is declared that filled milk, as defined in
section 61 of this title, is an adulterated article
of food, injurious to the public health, and its
sale constitutes a fraud upon the public. It shall
be unlawful for any person to manufacture with-
in any Territory or possession, or within the
District of Columbia, or to ship or deliver for
shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, any
filled milk.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 2, 42 Stat. 1487.)
§ 63. Penalties; acts of agen
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TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS
§§ 71 to 92
sulting product is in imitation or semblance of
milk, cream, or skimmed milk, whether or not
condensed, evaporated, concentrated, powdered,
dried, or desiccated. This definition shall not in-
clude any distinctive proprietary food compound
not readily mistaken in taste for milk or cream
or for evaporated, condensed, or powdered milk,
or cream where such compound (1) is prepared
and designed for feeding infants and young chil-
dren and customarily used on the order of a phy-
sician; (2) is packed in individual cans con-
taining not more than sixteen and one-half
ounces and bearing a label in bold type that the
content is to be used only for said purpose; (3) is
shipped in interstate or foreign commerce exclu-
sively to physicians, wholesale and retail drug-
gists, orphan asylums, child-welfare associa-
tions, hospitals, and similar institutions and
generally disposed of by them.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 1, 42 Stat. 1486.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Act July 12, 1943, ch. 221, title II, 57 Stat. 499, pro-
vided in part that act Mar. 4, 1923, which enacted this
chapter, may be cited as the ‘‘Filled Milk Act’’.
§ 62. Manufacture, shipment, or delivery for ship-
ment in interstate or foreign commerce pro-
hibited
It is declared that filled milk, as defined in
section 61 of this title, is an adulterated article
of food, injurious to the public health, and its
sale constitutes a fraud upon the public. It shall
be unlawful for any person to manufacture with-
in any Territory or possession, or within the
District of Columbia, or to ship or deliver for
shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, any
filled milk.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 2, 42 Stat. 1487.)
§ 63. Penalties; acts of agents deemed acts of
principals
Any person violating any provision of this
chapter shall upon conviction thereof be subject
to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprison-
ment of not more than one year, or both. When
construing and enforcing the provisions of this
chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any per-
son acting for or employed by any individual,
partnership, corporation, or association, within
the scope of his employment or office, shall in
every case be deemed the act, omission, or fail-
ure, of such individual, partnership, corporation,
or association, as well as of such person.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 3, 42 Stat. 1487.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
The original text of this section contained a further
provision that no penalty should be enforced for any
violation occurring within 30 days after act Mar. 4, 1923
became law and was omitted as temporary and obso-
lete.
§ 64. Regulations for enforcement
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
is authorized and directed to make and enforce
such regulations as may in his judgment be nec-
essary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 4, as added Aug. 27, 1935,
ch. 743, 49 Stat. 885; 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.
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.
CHAPTER 4—ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT
AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
SUBCHAPTER I—EXAMINATION OF ANIMALS,
MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
Sec.
71 to 99. Transferred, Repealed, or Omitted.
SUBCHAPTER II—IMPORTATION OF CATTLE AND
QUARANTINE
101.
Suspension of importation of all animals.
102 to 107. Repealed or Omitted.
SUBCHAPTER III—PREVENTION OF
INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION
111 to 113. Repealed or Omitted.
113a.
Establishment of research laboratories for
foot-and-mouth disease and other animal
diseases; research contracts; employment of
technicians and scientists; appropriations.
114 to 114h. Repealed.
114i.
Pseudorabies eradication.
115 to 135b. Repealed, Omitted, or Transferred.
136.
Additional inspection services.
136a.
Collection of fees for inspection services.
SUBCHAPTER IV—IMPORTATION OF MILK AND
CREAM
141.
Prohibition of importation without permit.
142.
Milk or cream when unfit for importation.
143.
Inspection; certified statement in lieu there-
of; waiver of requirements of section 142;
regulations; suspension and revocation of
permits.
144.
Unlawful receiving of imported milk or
cream.
145.
Penalties.
146.
Authorization of appropriations.
147.
Repeal of inconsistent laws.
148.
Powers of State with respect to milk or
cream lawfully imported.
149.
Definitions.
SUBCHAPTER
I—EXAMINATION
OF
ANI-
MALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY
PRODUCTS
§§ 71 to 92. Transferred
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 71, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1260,
which related to inspection of meat and meat food
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It is declared that filled milk, as defined in [section 61 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section61&num=0&edition=prelim), is an adulterated article of food, injurious to the public health, and its sale constitutes a fraud upon the public. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture within any Territory or possession, or within the District of Columbia, or to ship or deliver for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, any filled milk.
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