Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§375 Publicity
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - GENERAL AUTHORITY › Part Part A— - General Administrative Provisions › § 375
Summary
Secretary must publish reports from time to time that summarize all court judgments, decrees, and court orders under this chapter, listing the charge and the outcome. Secretary may also share information about food, drugs, devices, tobacco products, or cosmetics when there is imminent danger to health or gross deception of consumers, and may report investigation findings.
Full Legal Text
Title 21, §375
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(a)The Secretary shall cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this chapter, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.
(b)The Secretary may also cause to be disseminated information regarding food, drugs, devices, tobacco products, or cosmetics in situations involving, in the opinion of the Secretary, imminent danger to health or gross deception of the consumer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of the investigations of the Department.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2009—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–31 inserted “tobacco products,” after “devices,”.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
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Transfer of Functions
of Federal Security Administrator to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human Services], and of Food and Drug Administration in the Department of Agriculture to Federal Security Agency, see notes set out under section 321 of this title.
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Citation
21 U.S.C. § 375
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73