Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§148 Powers of State with respect to milk or cream lawfully imported
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - IMPORTATION OF MILK AND CREAM › § 148
Summary
States and their local governments keep the right to control milk and cream once those products have been legally brought into the state under this law. That includes rules about shipping them into the state and how they are handled, sold, or otherwise dealt with inside the state.
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Title 21, §148
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Nothing in this subchapter is intended nor shall be construed to affect the powers of any State, or any political subdivision thereof, to regulate the shipment of milk or cream into, or the handling, sale, or other disposition of milk or cream in, such State or political subdivision after the milk and/or cream shall have been lawfully imported under the provisions of this subchapter.
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21 U.S.C. § 148
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73