Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Every section of Title 21 of the United States Code, food and drugs — 743 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 21 U.S.C. § 456 — Operation of premises, facilities and equipment
• 21 U.S.C. § 457 — Labeling and container standards
• 21 U.S.C. § 458 — Prohibited acts
• 21 U.S.C. § 459 — Compliance by all establishments
• 21 U.S.C. § 460 — Miscellaneous activities subject to regulation
• 21 U.S.C. § 461 — Offenses and punishment
• 21 U.S.C. § 462 — Reporting of violations; notice; opportunity to present views
• 21 U.S.C. § 463 — Rules and regulations
• 21 U.S.C. § 464 — Exemptions
• 21 U.S.C. § 465 — Limitations upon entry of poultry products and other materials into official establishments
• 21 U.S.C. § 466 — Imports
• 21 U.S.C. § 467 — Inspection services
• 21 U.S.C. § 467a — Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial proceedings; notification of government authorities; release; removal of official marks
• 21 U.S.C. § 467b — Seizure and condemnation
• 21 U.S.C. § 467c — Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations; United States as plaintiff; subpenas
• 21 U.S.C. § 467d — Administration and enforcement; applicability of penalty provisions; conduct of inquiries; power and jurisdiction of courts
• 21 U.S.C. § 467e — Non-Federal jurisdiction of federally regulated matters; prohibition of additional or different requirements for establishments with inspection services and as to marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredients; recordkeeping and related requirements; concurrent jurisdiction over distribution for human food purposes of adulterated or misbranded and imported articles; other matters
• 21 U.S.C. § 467f — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act applications
• 21 U.S.C. § 468 — Cost of inspection; overtime
• 21 U.S.C. § 469 — Authorization of appropriations
• 21 U.S.C. § 471 — Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel
• 21 U.S.C. § 472 — Interstate shipment of poultry inspected by Federal and State agencies for certain small establishments
• 21 U.S.C. § 473 — Grants for improvements to meat and poultry facilities to allow for interstate shipment
• 21 U.S.C. § 501_to_517 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–513, title III, §1101(a)(10), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1292
• 21 U.S.C. § 601 — Definitions
• 21 U.S.C. § 602 — Congressional statement of findings
• 21 U.S.C. § 603 — Examination of animals prior to slaughter; use of humane methods
• 21 U.S.C. § 604 — Post mortem examination of carcasses and marking or labeling; destruction of carcasses condemned; reinspection
• 21 U.S.C. § 605 — Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or packing establishments, and of meat food products issued from and returned thereto; conditions for entry
• 21 U.S.C. § 606 — Inspection and labeling of meat food products
• 21 U.S.C. § 607 — Labeling, marking, and container requirements
• 21 U.S.C. § 608 — Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering and packing establishments; rejection of adulterated meat or meat food products
• 21 U.S.C. § 609 — Examination of animals and food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared during nighttime
• 21 U.S.C. § 610 — Prohibited acts
• 21 U.S.C. § 611 — Devices, marks, labels, and certificates; simulations
• 21 U.S.C. § 612 — Notification
• 21 U.S.C. § 613 — Plans and reassessments
• 21 U.S.C. § 614 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title X, §10418(a)(19), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508
• 21 U.S.C. § 615 — Inspection of carcasses, meat of which is intended for export
• 21 U.S.C. § 616 — Inspectors of carcasses, etc., meat of which is intended for export; certificates of condition
• 21 U.S.C. § 617 — Clearance prohibited to vessel carrying meat for export without inspector's certificate
• 21 U.S.C. § 618 — Delivery of inspectors' certificates, and of copies
• 21 U.S.C. § 619 — Marking, labeling, or other identification to show kinds of animals from which derived; separate establishments for preparation and slaughtering activities
• 21 U.S.C. § 620 — Imports
• 21 U.S.C. § 621 — Inspectors to make examinations provided for; appointment; duties; regulations
• 21 U.S.C. § 622 — Bribery of or gifts to inspectors or other officers and acceptance of gifts
• 21 U.S.C. § 623 — Exemptions from inspection requirements
• 21 U.S.C. § 624 — Storage and handling regulations; violations; exemption of establishments subject to non-Federal jurisdiction
• 21 U.S.C. § 625 — Inapplicability of certain requirements to catfish
• 21 U.S.C. § 626 — Purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and certificates
• 21 U.S.C. § 641 — Prohibition of subchapter I inspection of articles not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification prior to distribution in commerce; inedible articles
• 21 U.S.C. § 642 — Recordkeeping requirements
• 21 U.S.C. § 643 — Registration of business, name of person, and trade names
• 21 U.S.C. § 644 — Regulation of transactions, transportation, or importation of 4–D animals to prevent use as human food
• 21 U.S.C. § 645 — Federal provisions applicable to State or Territorial business transactions of a local nature and not subject to local authority
• 21 U.S.C. § 661 — Federal and State cooperation
• 21 U.S.C. § 671 — Inspection services; refusal or withdrawal; hearing; business unfitness based upon certain convictions; other provisions for withdrawal of services unaffected; responsible connection with business; finality of Secretary's actions; judicial review; record
• 21 U.S.C. § 672 — Administrative detention; duration; pending judicial proceedings; notification of governmental authorities; release
• 21 U.S.C. § 673 — Seizure and condemnation
• 21 U.S.C. § 674 — Federal court jurisdiction of enforcement and injunction proceedings and other kinds of cases; limitations of section 607(e) of this title
• 21 U.S.C. § 675 — Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain persons; murder; protection of such persons
• 21 U.S.C. § 676 — Violations
• 21 U.S.C. § 677 — Other Federal laws applicable for administration and enforcement of chapter; location of inquiries; jurisdiction of Federal courts
• 21 U.S.C. § 678 — Non-Federal jurisdiction of federally regulated matters; prohibition of additional or different requirements for establishments with inspection services and as to marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredients; recordkeeping and related requirements; concurrent jurisdiction over distribution for human food purposes of adulterated or misbranded and imported articles; other matters
• 21 U.S.C. § 679 — Application of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
• 21 U.S.C. § 679a — Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel
• 21 U.S.C. § 679b — Pasteurization of meat and poultry
• 21 U.S.C. § 679c — Expansion of Food Safety Inspection Service activities
• 21 U.S.C. § 680 — Authorization of appropriations
• 21 U.S.C. § 683 — Interstate shipment of meat inspected by Federal and State agencies for certain small establishments
• 21 U.S.C. § 692 — Inspection extended to reindeer
• 21 U.S.C. § 693 — Inspection of dairy products for export
• 21 U.S.C. § 694 — Authorization of appropriations
• 21 U.S.C. § 695 — Payment of cost of meat-inspection service; exception
• 21 U.S.C. § 801 — Congressional findings and declarations: controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 801a — Congressional findings and declarations: psychotropic substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 802 — Definitions
• 21 U.S.C. § 803 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–137, §1(b), Oct. 18, 1977, 91 Stat. 1169
• 21 U.S.C. § 811 — Authority and criteria for classification of substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 812 — Schedules of controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 813 — Treatment of controlled substance analogues
• 21 U.S.C. § 814 — Removal of exemption of certain drugs
• 21 U.S.C. § 821 — Rules and regulations
• 21 U.S.C. § 822 — Persons required to register
• 21 U.S.C. § 822a — Prescription drug take back expansion
• 21 U.S.C. § 823 — Registration requirements
• 21 U.S.C. § 824 — Denial, revocation, or suspension of registration
• 21 U.S.C. § 825 — Labeling and packaging
• 21 U.S.C. § 826 — Production quotas for controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 826a — Attorney General report on drug shortages
• 21 U.S.C. § 827 — Records and reports of registrants
• 21 U.S.C. § 828 — Order forms
• 21 U.S.C. § 829 — Prescriptions
• 21 U.S.C. § 829a — Delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to an administering practitioner
• 21 U.S.C. § 830 — Regulation of listed chemicals and certain machines
• 21 U.S.C. § 831 — Additional requirements relating to online pharmacies and telemedicine
• 21 U.S.C. § 832 — Suspicious orders
• 21 U.S.C. § 841 — Prohibited acts A
• 21 U.S.C. § 842 — Prohibited acts B
• 21 U.S.C. § 843 — Prohibited acts C
• 21 U.S.C. § 844 — Penalties for simple possession
• 21 U.S.C. § 844a — Civil penalty for possession of small amounts of certain controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 845_to_845b — Transferred
• 21 U.S.C. § 846 — Attempt and conspiracy
• 21 U.S.C. § 847 — Additional penalties
• 21 U.S.C. § 848 — Continuing criminal enterprise
• 21 U.S.C. § 849 — Transportation safety offenses
• 21 U.S.C. § 850 — Information for sentencing
• 21 U.S.C. § 851 — Proceedings to establish prior convictions
• 21 U.S.C. § 852 — Application of treaties and other international agreements
• 21 U.S.C. § 853 — Criminal forfeitures
• 21 U.S.C. § 853a — Transferred
• 21 U.S.C. § 854 — Investment of illicit drug profits
• 21 U.S.C. § 855 — Alternative fine
• 21 U.S.C. § 856 — Maintaining drug-involved premises
• 21 U.S.C. § 857 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–647, title XXIV, §2401(d), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4859
• 21 U.S.C. § 858 — Endangering human life while illegally manufacturing controlled substance
• 21 U.S.C. § 859 — Distribution to persons under age twenty-one
• 21 U.S.C. § 860 — Distribution or manufacturing in or near schools and colleges
• 21 U.S.C. § 860a — Consecutive sentence for manufacturing or distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture or distribute, methamphetamine on premises where children are present or reside
• 21 U.S.C. § 861 — Employment or use of persons under 18 years of age in drug operations
• 21 U.S.C. § 862 — Denial of Federal benefits to drug traffickers and possessors
• 21 U.S.C. § 862a — Denial of assistance and benefits for certain drug-related convictions
• 21 U.S.C. § 862b — Sanctioning for testing positive for controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 863 — Drug paraphernalia
• 21 U.S.C. § 864 — Anhydrous ammonia
• 21 U.S.C. § 864a — Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous ammonia
• 21 U.S.C. § 865 — Smuggling methamphetamine or methamphetamine precursor chemicals into the United States while using facilitated entry programs
• 21 U.S.C. § 871 — Attorney General
• 21 U.S.C. § 871a — Semiannual reports to Congress
• 21 U.S.C. § 872 — Education and research programs of Attorney General
• 21 U.S.C. § 872a — Public-private education program
• 21 U.S.C. § 873 — Cooperative arrangements
• 21 U.S.C. § 874 — Advisory committees
• 21 U.S.C. § 875 — Administrative hearings
• 21 U.S.C. § 876 — Subpenas
• 21 U.S.C. § 877 — Judicial review
• 21 U.S.C. § 878 — Powers of enforcement personnel
• 21 U.S.C. § 879 — Search warrants
• 21 U.S.C. § 880 — Administrative inspections and warrants
• 21 U.S.C. § 881 — Forfeitures
• 21 U.S.C. § 881-1,_881a — Transferred
• 21 U.S.C. § 882 — Injunctions
• 21 U.S.C. § 883 — Enforcement proceedings
• 21 U.S.C. § 884 — Immunity and privilege
• 21 U.S.C. § 885 — Burden of proof; liabilities
• 21 U.S.C. § 886 — Payments and advances
• 21 U.S.C. § 886a — Diversion Control Fee Account
• 21 U.S.C. § 887 — Coordination and consolidation of post-seizure administration
• 21 U.S.C. § 888 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–185, §2(c)(3), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 210
• 21 U.S.C. § 889 — Production control of controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 890 — Review of Federal sales of chemicals usable to manufacture controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 901 — Severability
• 21 U.S.C. § 902 — Savings provisions
• 21 U.S.C. § 903 — Application of State law
• 21 U.S.C. § 904 — Payment of tort claims
• 21 U.S.C. § 951 — Definitions
• 21 U.S.C. § 952 — Importation of controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 953 — Exportation of controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 954 — Transshipment and in-transit shipment of controlled substances
• 21 U.S.C. § 955 — Possession on board vessels, etc., arriving in or departing from United States
• 21 U.S.C. § 955a_to_955d — Transferred
• 21 U.S.C. § 956 — Exemption authority
• 21 U.S.C. § 957 — Persons required to register
• 21 U.S.C. § 958 — Registration requirements
• 21 U.S.C. § 959 — Possession, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substance
• 21 U.S.C. § 960 — Prohibited acts A
• 21 U.S.C. § 960a — Foreign terrorist organizations, terrorist persons and groups
• 21 U.S.C. § 961 — Prohibited acts B
• 21 U.S.C. § 962 — Second or subsequent offenses
• 21 U.S.C. § 963 — Attempt and conspiracy
• 21 U.S.C. § 964 — Additional penalties
• 21 U.S.C. § 965 — Applicability of part E of subchapter I
• 21 U.S.C. § 966 — Authority of Secretary of the Treasury
• 21 U.S.C. § 967 — Smuggling of controlled substances; investigations; oaths; subpenas; witnesses; evidence; production of records; territorial limits; fees and mileage of witnesses
• 21 U.S.C. § 968 — Service of subpena; proof of service
• 21 U.S.C. § 969 — Contempt proceedings
• 21 U.S.C. § 970 — Criminal forfeitures
• 21 U.S.C. § 971 — Notification, suspension of shipment, and penalties with respect to importation and exportation of listed chemicals
• 21 U.S.C. § 1001_to_1007 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title V, §587(a)(3), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 480
• 21 U.S.C. § 1031 — Congressional statement of findings
• 21 U.S.C. § 1032 — Congressional declaration of policy
• 21 U.S.C. § 1033 — Definitions
• 21 U.S.C. § 1034 — Inspection of egg products
• 21 U.S.C. § 1035 — Sanitary operating practices in official plants
• 21 U.S.C. § 1036 — Pasteurization and labeling of egg products at official plants
• 21 U.S.C. § 1037 — Prohibited acts
• 21 U.S.C. § 1038 — Cooperation with appropriate State and other governmental agencies; utilization of employees; reimbursement
• 21 U.S.C. § 1039 — Eggs and egg products not intended for use as human food; inspection; denaturing or otherwise identifying
• 21 U.S.C. § 1040 — Recordkeeping requirements; persons required to maintain records; scope of disclosure; access to records
• 21 U.S.C. § 1041 — Enforcement provisions
• 21 U.S.C. § 1042 — Reporting of violation to United States attorney for institution of criminal proceedings; procedure; presentation of views
• 21 U.S.C. § 1043 — Rules and regulations; administration and enforcement
• 21 U.S.C. § 1044 — Exemption of certain activities
• 21 U.S.C. § 1045 — Limitation on entry of eggs and egg products and other materials into official plants
• 21 U.S.C. § 1046 — Imports
• 21 U.S.C. § 1047 — Refusal or withdrawal of inspection services; hearing; grounds; person deemed to have responsible connection with business; finality of order of Secretary; judicial review; other provisions for refusal of services unaffected
• 21 U.S.C. § 1048 — Administrative detention of violative articles; duration; release; removal of official marks
• 21 U.S.C. § 1049 — Seizure and condemnation proceedings
• 21 U.S.C. § 1050 — Jurisdiction of district courts; United States as plaintiff in enforcement and restraining proceedings; subpenas for witnesses