§622 — Title 21 Food and Drugs | U.S. Code

Summary

Giving or offering money or anything valuable to a federal inspector or other U.S. officer who enforces this law, if the gift is meant to influence their official duties, is a felony. Any person, company, or their agents or employees who do this can be fined $5,000 to $10,000 and go to prison for 1 to 3 years if convicted. Any inspector or other federal officer who accepts money, gifts, or other value from a person, company, or their agents meant to influence their official actions is also guilty of a felony. If an officer accepts any gift, money, or thing of value from someone engaged in commerce for any reason, that is also a felony; on conviction the officer will be fired and face a fine of $1,000 to $10,000 and 1 to 3 years in prison.

Title 21, §622

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Any person, firm, or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm, or corporation, who shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or any other officer or employee of the United States authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the rules and regulations of the Secretary any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence said inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or other officer or employee of the United States in the discharge of any duty provided for in this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 and by imprisonment not less than one year nor more than three years; and any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, firm, or corporation, or officers, agents, or employees thereof, given with intent to influence his official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person, firm, or corporation engaged in commerce any gift, money, or other thing of value, given with any purpose or intent whatsoever, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be summarily discharged from office and shall be punished by a fine not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 and by imprisonment not less than one year nor more than three years.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 90 of this title.

Amendments

1967—Pub. L. 90–201, § 3, struck out “interstate or foreign” before “commerce” and “of Agriculture” after “Secretary”.

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of 1967 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 90–201 effective Dec. 15, 1967, except that with respect to equines (other than horses) and their carcasses and parts thereof, meat, and meat food products thereof, amendment effective upon expiration of sixty days after Dec. 15, 1967, see section 20(b) of Pub. L. 90–201, set out as an

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note under section 601 of this title.

§622 Bribery of or gifts to inspectors or other officers and acceptance of gifts

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Title 21, §622

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