TITLE 21 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER I - FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUGS ACT OF 1906

1 to 5. Repealed. June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 902(a), 52 Stat. 1059

Section 1, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 1, 34 Stat. 768, made it unlawful to manufacture adulterated or misbranded foods or drugs in Territories or District of Columbia and provided penalty for violations. See sections 331 and 333 of this title. Section 2, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 2, 34 Stat. 768, prohibited introduction, shipment, delivery or sale of adulterated or misbranded foods or drugs in interstate or foreign commerce, provided penalty for violations and exempted exports conforming to specifications of foreign purchaser and not in conflict with laws of foreign country importing the same. See sections 331, 333 and 381 of this title. Section 3, acts June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 3, 34 Stat. 768; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, authorized Secretaries of the Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce to make uniform rules and regulations for enforcement of food and drug laws, including collection and examination of specimens. See section 371 of this title. Section 4, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 12, 34 Stat. 772, provided that act or omission of officer, agent, and so forth, of corporation, shall be deemed act or omission of corporation. Section 5, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 12, 34 Stat. 772, defined territory and person. See section 321 of this title and section 1 of Title 1, General Provisions.

21 USC 6 - Transferred

7 to 14. Repealed. June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 902(a), 52 Stat. 1059

Section 7, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 6, 34 Stat. 769, defined drug and food. See section 321 of this title. Section 8, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 7, 34 Stat. 769, deemed drugs to be adulterated when sold having a difference from recognized standards, except where there is an explanatory statement on or in container, and when sold below professed standard; confectioneries, when containing mineral substances, poisonous color or flavors, other deleterious ingredients, liquors or narcotics; food, when concerned with injurious mixtures, use of substitutes, abstraction of valuable constituents, concealment of damage or inferiority, deleterious ingredients, preservatives in shipment conditionally excepted, animal or vegetable substances unfit for food and products of animals diseased or having died otherwise than by slaughter. See sections 342 and 351 of this title. Section 9, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 8, 34 Stat. 771, defined misbranded and provided for its application to drugs and food. See sections 343 and 352 of this title. Section 10, acts June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 8, 34 Stat. 771; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 352, 37 Stat. 416; Mar. 3, 1913, ch. 117, 37 Stat. 732; July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 271; July 8, 1930, ch. 874, 46 Stat. 1019, deemed drugs to be misbranded when there is an imitation or use of name of other article, when there is removal and substitution of contents of package or failure to state on label quantity or proportion of narcotics therein, and when there is a false statement of curative or therapeutic effect; and food, when there is an imitation or use of name of other article, when there is a false label or brand removal and substitution of contents of package, or failure to state or label quantity or proportion of narcotics therein, when the packages are not marked with weight, with certain variations and exemptions permitted, when there are false or misleading statements on package or label as to ingredients or substances; and food, when mixtures or compounds under distinctive names, the articles are labeled, branded as compounds, imitations, or blends; construed the term blend and related to disclosure of trade formulas of proprietary foods, and canned food. See sections 321b, 341, 343 and 352 of this title. Section 11, acts June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 4, 34 Stat. 769; Jan. 18, 1927, ch. 39, 44 Stat. 1003, provided for examination of specimens, notice of adulteration or misbranding, hearing, certification of violations to United States district attorney and notice of judgment. Section 12, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 5, 34 Stat. 769, provided for prosecution by district attorneys for enforcement of penalties. Section 13, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 9, 34 Stat. 771, provided for a sellers guaranty as protection to dealer. See section 333 of this title. Section 14, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 10, 34 Stat. 771, provided for seizure of articles by libel for condemnation, at suit of and in name of United States, in United States district court where found, conforming to proceedings in admiralty, with right to trial by jury, destruction or sale of adulterated or misbranded articles, bond and payment of proceeds into Treasury of United States. See sections 332, 334 and 337 of this title.

21 USC 14a - Transferred

21 USC 15 - Repealed. June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 902(a), 52 Stat. 1059

Section, act June 30, 1906, ch. 3915, 11, 34 Stat. 772, provided for examination of samples of imports, refusal of admission and delivery to consignee, delivery to consignee pending examination and decision on bond and charges for storage and lien therefor. See section 381 of this title.