Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Chapter 9 — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
§ 321c. Nonfat dry milk; “milk” defined
Statutory text
For the purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of , (ch. 675, sec. 1, 52 Stat. 1040) [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] nonfat dry milk is the product resulting from the removal of fat and water from milk, and contains the lactose, milk proteins, and milk minerals in the same relative proportions as in the fresh milk from which made. It contains not over 5 per centum by weight of moisture. The fat content is not over 1½ per centum by weight unless otherwise indicated.
The term “milk”, when used herein, means sweet milk of cows.
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.
Pub. L. 78–77 · 58 Stat. 108
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 321c
Mar. 2, 1944, ch. 77, 58 Stat. 108
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 2, 1944, ch. 77, 58 Stat. 108
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of (ch. 675, sec. 1, 52 Stat. 1040), referred to in text, probably means act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to this chapter (§ 301 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was not enacted as a part of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which comprises this chapter, but was made applicable thereto.
Amendments
1956—Act , substituted “nonfat dry milk” for “nonfat dry milk solids or defatted milk solids”.
Credits
1944–1956 · 2 acts
- 1944Mar. 2, 1944, ch. 77, 58 Stat. 108
- 1956July 2, 1956, ch. 495, 70 Stat. 486.
Show as published
(Mar. 2, 1944, ch. 77, 58 Stat. 108; July 2, 1956, ch. 495, 70 Stat. 486.)