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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