Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§159 Enforcement; penalties applicable; Congressional findings
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - VIRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS, ANTITOXINS, AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS › § 159
Summary
Use the procedures in sections 672–674 to enforce this chapter against any product sold, traded, or shipped in violation. Section 675, including its penalties, applies to officials enforcing it. Congress finds these products affect interstate or foreign commerce and must be regulated to prevent burdens on that commerce.
Full Legal Text
Title 21, §159
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The procedures of section 672, 673, and 674 of this title (relating to detentions, seizures and condemnations, and injunctions, respectively) shall apply to the enforcement of this chapter with respect to any product prepared, sold, bartered, exchanged, or shipped in violation of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter. The provisions (including penalties) of section 675 of this title shall apply to the performance of official duties under this chapter. Congress finds that (i) the products and activities that are regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce or the free flow thereof, and (ii) regulation of the products and activities as provided in this chapter is necessary to prevent and eliminate burdens on such commerce and to effectively regulate such commerce.
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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Dec. 23, 1985, except as otherwise provided, see section 1768(f) of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1985 Amendment note under section 151 of this title.
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Citation
21 U.S.C. § 159
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73