§ 159. Enforcement; penalties applicable; Congressional findings

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1985

   Food Security Act of 1985

   Pub. L. 99–198 title XVII § 1768(e) · 99 Stat. 1354

   Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 159

   (Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), as added Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, § 1768(e), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1655.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), as added Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, § 1768(e), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1655.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (e) Such paragraph is amended by inserting after the eighth 21 USC 159. sentence (21 U.S.C. 158) (as it existed before the amendments made by this section) the following new sentences: “The procedures of sections 402, 403, and 404 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 672, 673, and 674) (relating to detentions, seizures and condemnations, and injunctions, respectively) shall apply to the enforcement of this paragraph with respect to any product prepared, sold, bartered, exchanged, or shipped in violation of this paragraph or a regulation promulgated under this paragraph. The provisions (including penalties) of section 405 of such Act (21 U.S.C. 675) shall apply to the performance of official duties under this paragraph. Congress finds that (i) the products and activities that are regulated under this paragraph are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce or the free flow thereof, and (ii) regulation of the products and activities as provided in this paragraph is necessary to prevent and eliminate burdens on such commerce and to effectively regulate such commerce.”.

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