Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 21 : Section 61


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 61. Definitions

      Whenever used in this chapter - 
      (a) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership,
    corporation, or association;
      (b) The term "interstate or foreign commerce" means commerce (1)
    between any State, Territory, or possession, or the District of
    Columbia, and any place outside thereof; (2) between points within
    the same State, Territory, or possession, or within the District of
    Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or (3) within any
    Territory or possession, or within the District of Columbia; and
      (c) The term "filled milk" means any milk, cream, or skimmed
    milk, whether or not condensed, evaporated, concentrated, powdered,
    dried, or desiccated, to which has been added, or which has been
    blended or compounded with, any fat or oil other than milk fat, so
    that the resulting product is in imitation or semblance of milk,
    cream, or skimmed milk, whether or not condensed, evaporated,
    concentrated, powdered, dried, or desiccated. This definition shall
    not include any distinctive proprietary food compound not readily
    mistaken in taste for milk or cream or for evaporated, condensed,
    or powdered milk, or cream where such compound (1) is prepared and
    designed for feeding infants and young children and customarily
    used on the order of a physician; (2) is packed in individual cans
    containing not more than sixteen and one-half ounces and bearing a
    label in bold type that the content is to be used only for said
    purpose; (3) is shipped in interstate or foreign commerce
    exclusively to physicians, wholesale and retail druggists, orphan
    asylums, child-welfare associations, hospitals, and similar
    institutions and generally disposed of by them.



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