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

Summary

Makes it a crime for any person, company, or their agents or employees to give, pay, or offer money or anything else of value to an inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or any other U.S. officer or employee who carries out duties under this chapter or the Secretary’s rules, if the gift is meant to influence their official actions. A person convicted of this crime faces a felony charge, a fine of $5,000 to $10,000, and 1 to 3 years in prison. Also makes it a crime for those officers or employees to accept money, gifts, or anything of value from such persons if given to influence their official action. If the giver is a person or company doing business in commerce, any gift or money accepted at all is prohibited. An officer convicted of this crime will be fired immediately, face a felony charge, 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

Effective Date

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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