Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - MEAT INSPECTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS › § 678
States, territories, and the District of Columbia may not put extra or different rules on the buildings, equipment, or operations of places that get federal inspection. They can require recordkeeping or similar things allowed under section 642, but only if those rules agree with the federal rules. States, territories, and DC also may not add different rules for labeling, packaging, or ingredients of products made at federally inspected places. They can work with the federal government to stop selling tainted or mislabeled food that is outside those places, or imported food after it enters the United States. They may make other rules too, as long as they do not conflict with the federal rules.
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21 U.S.C. § 678
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73