Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 21 : Section 321


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 321 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (June 25, 1938, ch. 675, Sec. 201, 52 Stat. 1040; July 22, 1954,
    ch. 559, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 511; Pub. L. 85-929, Sec. 2, Sept. 6,
    1958, 72 Stat. 1784; Pub. L. 86-618, title I, Sec. 101, July 12,
    1960, 74 Stat. 397; Pub. L. 87-781, title I, Sec. 102(a), title
    III, Sec. 307(a), Oct. 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 781, 796; Pub. L. 89-74,
    Secs. 3(a), 9(b), July 15, 1965, 79 Stat. 227, 234; Pub. L. 90-399,
    Sec. 102, July 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 90-639, Secs. 1,
    4(a), Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1361, 1362; Pub. L. 91-513, title II,
    Sec. 701(a), (g), Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1281, 1282; Pub. L.
    92-516, Sec. 3(3), Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 998; Pub. L. 94-278,
    title V, Sec. 502(a)(2)(A), Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 411; Pub. L.
    94-295, Sec. 3(a)(1)(A), (2), May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 575; Pub. L.
    95-203, Sec. 4(b)(3), Nov. 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 1453; Pub. L. 96-359,
    Sec. 3, Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1193; Pub. L. 100-670, title I,
    Sec. 107(a)(1), Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3984; Pub. L. 101-535,
    Sec. 5(b), Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2362; Pub. L. 101-629, Sec.
    16(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4526; Pub. L. 102-282, Sec. 6, May
    13, 1992, 106 Stat. 161; Pub. L. 102-300, Sec. 6(a), (b), June 16,
    1992, 106 Stat. 240; Pub. L. 102-571, title I, Sec. 107(1), Oct.
    29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4499; Pub. L. 103-80, Secs. 3(b), (dd)(1),
    4(b), Aug. 13, 1993, 107 Stat. 775, 779; Pub. L. 103-417, Secs.
    3(a), (b), 10(a), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4327, 4332; Pub. L.
    104-170, title IV, Sec. 402, Aug. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 1513; Pub. L.
    105-115, title I, Secs. 121(a), 125(b)(2)(A), (e), Nov. 21, 1997,
    111 Stat. 2320, 2325, 2327; Pub. L. 105-324, Sec. 2(a), (c), Oct.
    30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3035, 3037; Pub. L. 107-109, Sec. 5(b)(1), Jan.
    4, 2002, 115 Stat. 1413; Pub. L. 107-250, title III, Sec. 302(d),
    Oct. 26, 2002, 116 Stat. 1619.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, as amended, referred to
    in par. (p)(1), and the Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906, as
    amended, referred to in par. (v)(1), is act June 30, 1906, ch.
    3915, 34 Stat. 768, as amended, which was classified to subchapter
    I (Sec. 1 et seq.) of chapter 1 of this title, was repealed (except
    for section 14a which was transferred to section 372a of this
    title) by act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, Sec. 902(a), 52 Stat. 1059,
    and is covered by this chapter.
      The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, referred
    to in par. (q)(1), is act June 25, 1947, ch. 125, as amended
    generally by Pub. L. 92-516, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 973, which is
    classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 136 et seq.) of chapter
    6 of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act
    to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 136 of
    Title 7 and Tables.
      The Poultry Products Inspection Act, referred to in par. (s)(4),
    is Pub. L. 85-172, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 441, as amended, which
    is classified generally to chapter 10 (Sec. 451 et seq.) of this
    title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
    Short Title note set out under section 451 of this title and
    Tables.
      The Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907, as amended and
    extended, referred to in par. (s)(4), is act Mar. 4, 1907, ch.
    2907, titles I to IV, as added Dec. 15, 1967, Pub. L. 90-201, 81
    Stat. 584, which are classified generally to subchapters I to IV
    (Sec. 601 et seq.) of chapter 12 of this title. For complete
    classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
    out under section 601 of this title and Tables.
      Section 101(4) of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization
    Act of 1997, referred to in par. (kk), is section 101(4) of Pub. L.
    105-115, which is set out as a note under section 379g of this
    title.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2002 - Pars. (ll), (mm). Pub. L. 107-250 added pars. (ll) and
    (mm).
      Par. (kk). Pub. L. 107-109 added par. (kk).
      1998 - Par. (q)(1). Pub. L. 105-324, Sec. 2(a), added subpar. (1)
    and struck out former subpar. (1) which read as follows: "The term
    'pesticide chemical' means any substance that is a pesticide within
    the meaning of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
    Act, including all active and inert ingredients of such pesticide."
      Par. (q)(3). Pub. L. 105-324, Sec. 2(c), substituted
    "subparagraphs (1) and (2)" for "paragraphs (1) and (2)" in
    introductory provisions.
      1997 - Par. (aa). Pub. L. 105-115, Sec. 125(b)(2)(A), struck out
    "or 357" after "section 355(j)".
      Par. (dd). Pub. L. 105-115, Sec. 125(b)(2)(A), struck out "357,"
    after "section 355,".
      Par. (ff)(3)(A). Pub. L. 105-115, Sec. 125(b)(2)(A), struck out
    ", certified as an antibiotic under section 357 of this title,"
    before "or licensed as a biologic".
      Par. (ii). Pub. L. 105-115, Sec. 121(a), added par. (ii).
      Par. (jj). Pub. L. 105-115, Sec. 125(e), added par. (jj).
      1996 - Par. (q). Pub. L. 104-170, Sec. 402(a), amended par. (q)
    generally. Prior to amendment, par. (q) read as follows: "The term
    'pesticide chemical' means any substance which, alone, in chemical
    combination or in formulation with one or more other substances, is
    'a pesticide' within the meaning of the Federal Insecticide,
    Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as now in force or as hereafter
    amended, and which is used in the production, storage, or
    transportation of raw agricultural commodities."
      Par. (s)(1), (2). Pub. L. 104-170, Sec. 402(b), amended subpars.
    (1) and (2) generally. Prior to amendment, subpars. (1) and (2)
    read as follows:
      "(1) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity;
    or
      "(2) a pesticide chemical to the extent that it is intended for
    use or is used in the production, storage, or transportation of any
    raw agricultural commodity; or".
      Pars. (gg), (hh). Pub. L. 104-170, Sec. 402(c), added pars. (gg)
    and (hh).
      1994 - Par. (g)(1). Pub. L. 103-417, Sec. 10(a), amended last
    sentence generally. Prior to amendment, last sentence read as
    follows: "A food for which a claim, subject to sections
    343(r)(1)(B) and 343(r)(3) of this title or sections 343(r)(1)(B)
    and 343(r)(5)(D) of this title, is made in accordance with the
    requirements of section 343(r) of this title is not a drug under
    clause (B) solely because the label or labeling contains such a
    claim."
      Par. (s)(6). Pub. L. 103-417, Sec. 3(b), added subpar. (6).
      Par. (ff). Pub. L. 103-417, Sec. 3(a), added par. (ff).
      1993 - Pars. (c), (d). Pub. L. 103-80, Sec. 3(dd)(1), substituted
    "Health and Human Services" for "Agriculture".
      Par. (h). Pub. L. 103-80, Sec. 4(b), amended directory language
    of Pub. L. 102-300, Sec. 6(a)(1). See 1992 amendment note below.
      Pars. (v) to (ff). Pub. L. 103-80, Sec. 3(b), redesignated pars.
    (w) to (ff) as (v) to (ee), respectively.
      1992 - Pars. (c), (d). Pub. L. 102-300, Sec. 6(b)(1), which
    directed the substitution of "Health and Human Services" for
    "Health, Education, and Welfare", could not be executed because
    such words did not appear in the original statutory text. See 1993
    Amendment note above and Transfer of Functions notes below.
      Par. (h). Pub. L. 102-300, Sec. 6(a)(1), as amended by Pub. L.
    103-80, Sec. 4(b), substituted "its primary" for "any of its
    principal" in two places in concluding provisions.
      Par. (u). Pub. L. 102-571 substituted "379e" for "376".
      Par. (y)(1). Pub. L. 102-300, Sec. 6(b)(2), struck out "of
    Health, Education, and Welfare" after "employees of the
    Department".
      Pars. (bb) to (ee). Pub. L. 102-282 added pars. (bb) to (ee).
      Par. (ff). Pub. L. 102-300, Sec. 6(a)(2), added par. (ff).
      1990 - Par. (g)(1). Pub. L. 101-629, Sec. 16(b)(1), struck out ";
    but does not include devices or their components, parts, or
    accessories" after "clause (A), (B), or (C)".
      Pub. L. 101-535 inserted at end "A food for which a claim,
    subject to sections 343(r)(1)(B) and 343(r)(3) of this title or
    sections 343(r)(1)(B) and 343(r)(5)(D) of this title, is made in
    accordance with the requirements of section 343(r) of this title is
    not a drug under clause (B) solely because the label or labeling
    contains such a claim."
      Par. (h)(3). Pub. L. 101-629, Sec. 16(b)(2), which directed the
    amendment of subpar. (3) by substituting "its primary" for "any of
    its principal", could not be executed because "any of its
    principal" did not appear in subpar. (3).
      1988 - Par. (w)(3). Pub. L. 100-670 struck out subpar. (3) which
    read as follows: "which drug is composed wholly or partly of any
    kind of penicillin, streptomycin, chlortetracycline,
    chloramphenicol, or bacitracin, or any derivative thereof, except
    when there is in effect a published order of the Secretary
    declaring such drug not to be a new animal drug on the grounds that
    (A) the requirement of certification of batches of such drug, as
    provided for in section 360b(n) of this title, is not necessary to
    insure that the objectives specified in paragraph (3) thereof are
    achieved and (B) that neither subparagraph (1) nor (2) of this
    paragraph (w) applies to such drug."
      1980 - Par. (aa). Pub. L. 96-359 added par. (aa).
      1977 - Par. (z). Pub. L. 95-203 added par. (z).
      1976 - Par. (h). Pub. L. 94-295, Sec. 3(a)(1)(A), expanded
    definition of "device" to include implements, machines, implants,
    in vitro reagents, and other similar or related articles, added
    recognition in the National Formulary or the United States
    Pharmacopeia, or any supplement to the Formulary or Pharmacopeia,
    to the enumeration of conditions under which a device may qualify
    for inclusion under this chapter, and inserted requirements that a
    device be one which does not achieve any of its principal intended
    purposes through chemical action within or on the body of man or
    other animals and which is not dependent upon being metabolized for
    the achievement of any of its principal intended purposes.
      Par. (n). Pub. L. 94-278 inserted "or advertising" after
    "labeling" wherever appearing.
      Par. (y). Pub. L. 94-295, Sec. 3(a)(2), added par. (y).
      1972 - Par. (q). Pub. L. 92-516 substituted reference to
    pesticide for reference to economic poison.
      1970 - Par. (a)(2). Pub. L. 91-513, Sec. 701(g), struck out
    reference to sections 321, 331(i), 331(p), 331(q), 332, 333, 334,
    337, 360, 360a, 372, 373, 374, and 375 of this title as they apply
    to depressant or stimulant drugs.
      Par. (v). Pub. L. 91-513, Sec. 701(a), struck out par. (v) which
    defined "depressant or stimulant drug".
      1968 - Par. (a)(2). Pub. L. 90-639, Sec. 4(a), extended
    provisions to cover depressant and stimulant drugs, the containers
    thereof, and equipment used in manufacturing, compounding, or
    processing such drugs, to the Canal Zone.
      Par. (p). Pub. L. 90-399, Sec. 102(a), (b), inserted "(except a
    new animal drug or an animal feed bearing or containing a new
    animal drug)" after "Any drug" in subpars. (1) and (2),
    respectively.
      Par. (s)(5). Pub. L. 90-399, Sec. 102(c), added subpar. (5).
      Par. (u). Pub. L. 90-399, Sec. 102(d), inserted reference to
    section 360b of this title.
      Par. (v)(3). Pub. L. 90-639, Sec. 1, inserted reference to
    lysergic acid diethylamide.
      Pars. (w), (x). Pub. L. 90-399, Sec. 102(e), added pars. (w) and
    (x).
      1965 - Par. (g). Pub. L. 89-74, Sec. 9(b), designated existing
    provisions as subpar. (1), redesignated cls. (1) to (4) thereof as
    (A) to (D), substituted "(A), (B), or (C)" for "(1), (2), or (3)"
    and added subpar. (2).
      Par. (v). Pub. L. 89-74, Sec. 3(a), added par. (v).
      1962 - Par. (a). Pub. L. 87-781, Sec. 307(a), designated existing
    provisions as subpar. (2), inserted "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
    and the", and added subpar. (1).
      Par. (p)(1). Pub. L. 87-781, Sec. 102(a)(1), inserted "and
    effectiveness" after "to evaluate the safety", and "and effective"
    after "as safe".
      Par. (p)(2). Pub. L. 87-781, Sec. 102(a)(2), inserted "and
    effectiveness" after "safety".
      1960 - Par. (s). Pub. L. 86-618, Sec. 101(a), excluded color
    additives from definition of "food additive".
      Par. (t). Pub. L. 86-618, Sec. 101(c), added par. (t). Former
    par. (t) redesignated (u).
      Par. (u). Pub. L. 86-618, Sec. 101(b), redesignated par. (t) as
    (u) and inserted reference to section 376 of this title.
      1958 - Pars. (s), (t). Pub. L. 85-929 added pars. (s) and (t).
      1954 - Pars. (q), (r). Act July 22, 1954, added pars. (q) and
    (r).
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Secretary and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
    redesignated Secretary and Department of Health and Human Services
    by Pub. L. 96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat.
    695, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
      Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now
    Health and Human Services] under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
    Act, to the extent such functions related to administration and
    enforcement of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15
    U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), transferred to Consumer Product Safety
    Commission by section 2079 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
      Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now
    Health and Human Services] under Drug Abuse Control Amendments of
    1965 [see Short Title of 1965 Amendment note set out under section
    301 of this title] transferred to Attorney General except function
    of regulating counterfeiting of those drugs which are not
    "depressant or stimulant" drugs, see section 2 of Reorg. Plan No. 1
    of 1968, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees.
      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 note set out under
    section 41 of this title.
                           REGULATION OF TOBACCO                       
      Section 422 of Pub. L. 105-115 provided that: "Nothing in this
    Act [see Short Title of 1997 Amendment note set out under section
    301 of this title] or the amendments made by this Act shall be
    construed to affect the question of whether the Secretary of Health
    and Human Services has any authority to regulate any tobacco
    product, tobacco ingredient, or tobacco additive. Such authority,
    if any, shall be exercised under the Federal Food, Drug, and
    Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] as in effect on the day before
    the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 21, 1997]."
                                DEFINITIONS                            
      Section 2 of Pub. L. 105-115 provided that: "In this Act [see
    Short Title of 1997 Amendment note set out under section 301 of
    this title], the terms 'drug', 'device', 'food', and 'dietary
    supplement' have the meaning given such terms in section 201 of the
    Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)."
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 343, 343-3, 346a, 346b,
    350, 352, 353a, 355, 360b, 379e, 383, 802, 825, 1602 of this title;
    title 7 section 136; title 15 sections 1454, 1456, 1471, 2052,
    2602; title 18 section 1365; title 22 section 7201; title 35
    section 156; title 42 sections 274e, 287c-11, 289g-2, 300cc-12,
    1396r-8; title 49 section 5702.

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