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§343–3 Disclosure

Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - FOOD › § 343–3

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sections 321(n), 343(a), and 348 cannot be read to require a food label to show a radiation notice that is more noticeable than the ingredient list required by section 343(i)(2). A "radiation disclosure statement" means a written note that says the food was intentionally exposed to radiation.

Full Legal Text

Title 21, §343–3

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(a)No provision of section 321(n), 343(a), or 348 of this title shall be construed to require on the label or labeling of a food a separate radiation disclosure statement that is more prominent than the declaration of ingredients required by section 343(i)(2) of this title.
(b)In this section, the term “radiation disclosure statement” means a written statement that discloses that a food has been intentionally subject to radiation.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Nov. 21, 1997, except as otherwise provided, see section 501 of Pub. L. 105–115, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1997 Amendment note under section 321 of this title.

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Citation

21 U.S.C. § 343–3

Title 21Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73