Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-110
§375 Publicity
Title 21 › CHAPTER 9 — FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT › SUBCHAPTER VII — GENERAL AUTHORITY › Part A — General Administrative Provisions › § 375
Summary
The Secretary must publish reports that summarize all court rulings under this chapter, listing the charge and the outcome. The Secretary may warn about certain products (food, drugs, devices, tobacco, cosmetics) when there is immediate health danger or consumer deception. This doesn't stop the Secretary from reporting investigation results.
Full Legal Text
Title 21, §375
Food and Drugs, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Reports
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)Information regarding certain goods
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
For
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
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110