Filled Milk Act (21 U.S.C. 61-64). Country/Territory United States of America Document type Legislation Date 1923 (1979) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source United States Code - Title 21 - Food and Drugs. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Milk/dairy products Fraud Offences/penalties Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract Chapter 3 of Title 21 of USC declares that filled milk (defined), 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. Penalties are prescribed and the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized and directed to make and enforce such regulations as may in his or her judgment be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. Full text English Website uscode.house.gov