Federal · Title 21 — Food and Drugs

21 U.S.C. § 62: Manufacture, shipment, or delivery for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce prohibited

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

This statute prohibits manufacturing or shipping filled milk (an adulterated food product) in U.S. territories, the District of Columbia, or in interstate/foreign commerce, declaring it unlawful and fraudulent.

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It is declared that filled milk, as defined in section 61 of this title , is an adulterated article of food, injurious to the public health, and its sale constitutes a fraud upon the public. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture within any Territory or possession, or within the District of Columbia, or to ship or deliver for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, any filled milk.

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