Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73not60
§1050 Jurisdiction of District Courts; United States as Plaintiff in Enforcement and Restraining Proceedings; Subpenas for Witnesses
Title 21 › Chapter 15— EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION › § 1050
Summary
Federal district courts and the District Court of the Virgin Islands can enforce this law and stop violations. They also handle other cases under the law, except as section 1047 says. Enforcement cases must be brought in the name of the United States, and orders that make witnesses come to a U.S. court in one district can apply in any other district.
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Title 21, §1050
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The United States district courts and the District Court of the Virgin Islands are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of, this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all other cases, arising under this chapter, except as provided in section 1047 of this title. All proceedings for the enforcement or to restrain violations of this chapter shall be by and in the name of the United States. Subpenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States, in any district, may run into any other district in any such proceeding.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 91–597, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1620, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 1031 of this title and Tables.
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of this section, see section 29 of Pub. L. 91–597, set out as a note under section 1031 of this title.
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21 U.S.C. § 1050
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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