Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§154 Regulations for preparation and sale; licenses
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - VIRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS, ANTITOXINS, AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS › § 154
Summary
The Agriculture Secretary can make rules to stop unsafe or worthless domestic animal viruses, serums, toxins, or similar products from being made, sold, traded, or shipped, and can give or cancel licenses for places that make them.
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Title 21, §154
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make and promulgate from time to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary to prevent the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid of any worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product for use in the treatment of domestic animals, or otherwise to carry out this chapter, and to issue, suspend, and revoke licenses for the maintenance of establishments for the preparation of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products, for use in the treatment of domestic animals, intended for sale, barter, exchange, or shipment as aforesaid.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification See note set out under section 151 of this title. Another section 1768 of Pub. L. 99–198, cited as a credit to this section, amended section 136y of Title 7, Agriculture.
Amendments
1985—Pub. L. 99–198 inserted “or otherwise to carry out this chapter,” after “domestic animals,”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1985 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–198 effective Dec. 23, 1985, except as otherwise provided, see section 1768(f) of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to agricultural import and entry inspection activities under this chapter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 231, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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21 U.S.C. § 154
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73