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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
             CHAPTER 9--FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--DEFINITIONS
 
Sec. 321. Definitions; generally

    For the purposes of this chapter--
    (a)(1) The term ``State'', except as used in the last sentence of 
section 372(a) of this title, means any State or Territory of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    (2) The term ``Territory'' means any Territory or possession of the 
United States, including the District of Columbia, and excluding the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone.
    (b) The term ``interstate commerce'' means (1) commerce between any 
State or Territory and any place outside thereof, and (2) commerce 
within the District of Columbia or within any other Territory not 
organized with a legislative body.
    (c) The term ``Department'' means Department of Health and Human 
Services.
    (d) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services.
    (e) The term ``person'' includes individual, partnership, 
corporation, and association.
    (f) The term ``food'' means (1) articles used for food or drink for 
man or other animals, (2) chewing gum, and (3) articles used for 
components of any such article.
    (g)(1) The term ``drug'' means (A) articles recognized in the 
official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homoeopathic 
Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or 
any supplement to any of them; and (B) articles intended for use in the 
diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man 
or other animals; and (C) articles (other than food) intended to affect 
the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals; and 
(D) articles intended for use as a component of any article specified in 
clause (A), (B), or (C). A food or dietary supplement 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 solely 
because the label or the labeling contains such a claim. A food, dietary 
ingredient, or dietary supplement for which a truthful and not 
misleading statement is made in accordance with section 343(r)(6) of 
this title is not a drug under clause (C) solely because the label or 
the labeling contains such a statement.
    (2) The term ``counterfeit drug'' means a drug which, or the 
container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the 
trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device, or 
any likeness thereof, of a drug manufacturer, processor, packer, or 
distributor other than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, 
processed, packed, or distributed such drug and which thereby falsely 
purports or is represented to be the product of, or to have been packed 
or distributed by, such other drug manufacturer, processor, packer, or 
distributor.
    (h) The term ``device'' (except when used in paragraph (n) of this 
section and in sections 331(i), 343(f), 352(c), and 362(c) of this 
title) means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, 
implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, 
including any component, part, or accessory, which is--
        (1) recognized in the official National Formulary, or the United 
    States Pharmacopeia, or any supplement to them,
        (2) intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other 
    conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of 
    disease, in man or other animals, or
        (3) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body 
    of man or other animals, and

which does not achieve its primary 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 its primary 
intended purposes.
    (i) The term ``cosmetic'' means (1) articles intended to be rubbed, 
poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied 
to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, 
promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and (2) articles 
intended for use as a component of any such articles; except that such 
term shall not include soap.
    (j) The term ``official compendium'' means the official United 
States Pharmacopoeia, official Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United 
States, official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them.
    (k) The term ``label'' means a display of written, printed, or 
graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article; and a 
requirement made by or under authority of this chapter that any word, 
statement, or other information appear on the label shall not be 
considered to be complied with unless such word, statement, or other 
information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if any 
there be, of the retail package of such article, or is easily legible 
through the outside container or wrapper.
    (l) The term ``immediate container'' does not include package 
liners.
    (m) The term ``labeling'' means all labels and other written, 
printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its containers 
or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article.
    (n) If an article is alleged to be misbranded because the labeling 
or advertising is misleading, then in determining whether the labeling 
or advertising is misleading there shall be taken into account (among 
other things) not only representations made or suggested by statement, 
word, design, device, or any combination thereof, but also the extent to 
which the labeling or advertising fails to reveal facts material in the 
light of such representations or material with respect to consequences 
which may result from the use of the article to which the labeling or 
advertising relates under the conditions of use prescribed in the 
labeling or advertising thereof or under such conditions of use as are 
customary or usual.
    (o) The representation of a drug, in its labeling, as an antiseptic 
shall be considered to be a representation that it is a germicide, 
except in the case of a drug purporting to be, or represented as, an 
antiseptic for inhibitory use as a wet dressing, ointment, dusting 
powder, or such other use as involves prolonged contact with the body.
    (p) The term ``new drug'' means--
        (1) Any drug (except a new animal drug or an animal feed bearing 
    or containing a new animal drug) the composition of which is such 
    that such drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified 
    by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and 
    effectiveness of drugs, as safe and effective for use under the 
    conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling 
    thereof, except that such a drug not so recognized shall not be 
    deemed to be a ``new drug'' if at any time prior to June 25, 1938, 
    it was subject to the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, as 
    amended, and if at such time its labeling contained the same 
    representations concerning the conditions of its use; or
        (2) Any drug (except a new animal drug or an animal feed bearing 
    or containing a new animal drug) the composition of which is such 
    that such drug, as a result of investigations to determine its 
    safety and effectiveness for use under such conditions, has become 
    so recognized, but which has not, otherwise than in such 
    investigations, been used to a material extent or for a material 
    time under such conditions.

    (q)(1)(A) Except as provided in clause (B), the term ``pesticide 
chemical'' means any substance that is a pesticide within the meaning of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act [7 U.S.C. 136 et 
seq.], including all active and inert ingredients of such pesticide. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term ``pesticide'' 
within such meaning includes ethylene oxide and propylene oxide when 
such substances are applied on food.
    (B) In the case of the use, with respect to food, of a substance 
described in clause (A) to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate 
microorganisms (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, algae, and 
slime), the following applies for purposes of clause (A):
        (i) The definition in such clause for the term ``pesticide 
    chemical'' does not include the substance if the substance is 
    applied for such use on food, or the substance is included for such 
    use in water that comes into contact with the food, in the 
    preparing, packing, or holding of the food for commercial purposes. 
    The substance is not excluded under this subclause from such 
    definition if the substance is ethylene oxide or propylene oxide, 
    and is applied for such use on food. The substance is not so 
    excluded if the substance is applied for such use on a raw 
    agricultural commodity, or the substance is included for such use in 
    water that comes into contact with the commodity, as follows:
            (I) The substance is applied in the field.
            (II) The substance is applied at a treatment facility where 
        raw agricultural commodities are the only food treated, and the 
        treatment is in a manner that does not change the status of the 
        food as a raw agricultural commodity (including treatment 
        through washing, waxing, fumigating, and packing such 
        commodities in such manner).
            (III) The substance is applied during the transportation of 
        such commodity between the field and such a treatment facility.

        (ii) The definition in such clause for the term ``pesticide 
    chemical'' does not include the substance if the substance is a food 
    contact substance as defined in section 348(h)(6) of this title, and 
    any of the following circumstances exist: The substance is included 
    for such use in an object that has a food contact surface but is not 
    intended to have an ongoing effect on any portion of the object; the 
    substance is included for such use in an object that has a food 
    contact surface and is intended to have an ongoing effect on a 
    portion of the object but not on the food contact surface; or the 
    substance is included for such use in or is applied for such use on 
    food packaging (without regard to whether the substance is intended 
    to have an ongoing effect on any portion of the packaging). The food 
    contact substance is not excluded under this subclause from such 
    definition if any of the following circumstances exist: The 
    substance is applied for such use on a semipermanent or permanent 
    food contact surface (other than being applied on food packaging); 
    or the substance is included for such use in an object that has a 
    semipermanent or permanent food contact surface (other than being 
    included in food packaging) and the substance is intended to have an 
    ongoing effect on the food contact surface.

With respect to the definition of the term ``pesticide'' that is 
applicable to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act [7 
U.S.C. 136 et seq.], this clause does not exclude any substance from 
such definition.
    (2) The term ``pesticide chemical residue'' means a residue in or on 
raw agricultural commodity or processed food of--
        (A) a pesticide chemical; or
        (B) any other added substance that is present on or in the 
    commodity or food primarily as a result of the metabolism or other 
    degradation of a pesticide chemical.

    (3) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2), the Administrator may 
by regulation except a substance from the definition of ``pesticide 
chemical'' or ``pesticide chemical residue'' if--
        (A) its occurrence as a residue on or in a raw agricultural 
    commodity or processed food is attributable primarily to natural 
    causes or to human activities not involving the use of any 
    substances for a pesticidal purpose in the production, storage, 
    processing, or transportation of any raw agricultural commodity or 
    processed food; and
        (B) the Administrator, after consultation with the Secretary, 
    determines that the substance more appropriately should be regulated 
    under one or more provisions of this chapter other than sections 
    342(a)(2)(B) and 346a of this title.

    (r) The term ``raw agricultural commodity'' means any food in its 
raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed, colored, or 
otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form prior to marketing.
    (s) The term ``food additive'' means any substance the intended use 
of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or 
indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the 
characteristics of any food (including any substance intended for use in 
producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, 
packaging, transporting, or holding food; and including any source of 
radiation intended for any such use), if such substance is not generally 
recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and 
experience to evaluate its safety, as having been adequately shown 
through scientific procedures (or, in the case of a substance used in 
food prior to January 1, 1958, through either scientific procedures or 
experience based on common use in food) to be safe under the conditions 
of its intended use; except that such term does not include--
        (1) a pesticide chemical residue in or on a raw agricultural 
    commodity or processed food; or
        (2) a pesticide chemical; or
        (3) a color additive; or
        (4) any substance used in accordance with a sanction or approval 
    granted prior to September 6, 1958, pursuant to this chapter, the 
    Poultry Products Inspection Act [21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.] or the Meat 
    Inspection Act of March 4, 1907, as amended and extended [21 U.S.C. 
    601 et seq.];
        (5) a new animal drug; or
        (6) an ingredient described in paragraph (ff) in, or intended 
    for use in, a dietary supplement.

    (t)(1) The term ``color additive'' means a material which--
        (A) is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process of 
    synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise 
    derived, with or without intermediate or final change of identity, 
    from a vegetable, animal, mineral, or other source, and
        (B) when added or applied to a food, drug, or cosmetic, or to 
    the human body or any part thereof, is capable (alone or through 
    reaction with other substance) of imparting color thereto;

except that such term does not include any material which the Secretary, 
by regulation, determines is used (or intended to be used) solely for a 
purpose or purposes other than coloring.
    (2) The term ``color'' includes black, white, and intermediate 
grays.
    (3) Nothing in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall be construed 
to apply to any pesticide chemical, soil or plant nutrient, or other 
agricultural chemical solely because of its effect in aiding, retarding, 
or otherwise affecting, directly or indirectly, the growth or other 
natural physiological processes of produce of the soil and thereby 
affecting its color, whether before or after harvest.
    (u) The term ``safe'' as used in paragraph (s) of this section and 
in sections 348, 360b, and 379e of this title, has reference to the 
health of man or animal.
    (v) The term ``new animal drug'' means any drug intended for use for 
animals other than man, including any drug intended for use in animal 
feed but not including such animal feed,--
        (1) the composition of which is such that such drug is not 
    generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training 
    and experience to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of animal 
    drugs, as safe and effective for use under the conditions 
    prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling thereof; 
    except that such a drug not so recognized shall not be deemed to be 
    a ``new animal drug'' if at any time prior to June 25, 1938, it was 
    subject to the Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906, as amended, and 
    if at such time its labeling contained the same representations 
    concerning the conditions of its use; or
        (2) the composition of which is such that such drug, as a result 
    of investigations to determine its safety and effectiveness for use 
    under such conditions, has become so recognized but which has not, 
    otherwise than in such investigations, been used to a material 
    extent or for a material time under such conditions.

    (w) The term ``animal feed'', as used in paragraph (w) \1\ of this 
section, in section 360b of this title, and in provisions of this 
chapter referring to such paragraph or section, means an article which 
is intended for use for food for animals other than man and which is 
intended for use as a substantial source of nutrients in the diet of the 
animal, and is not limited to a mixture intended to be the sole ration 
of the animal.
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    (x) The term ``informal hearing'' means a hearing which is not 
subject to section 554, 556, or 557 of title 5 and which provides for 
the following:
        (1) The presiding officer in the hearing shall be designated by 
    the Secretary from officers and employees of the Department who have 
    not participated in any action of the Secretary which is the subject 
    of the hearing and who are not directly responsible to an officer or 
    employee of the Department who has participated in any such action.
        (2) Each party to the hearing shall have the right at all times 
    to be advised and accompanied by an attorney.
        (3) Before the hearing, each party to the hearing shall be given 
    reasonable notice of the matters to be considered at the hearing, 
    including a comprehensive statement of the basis for the action 
    taken or proposed by the Secretary which is the subject of the 
    hearing and a general summary of the information which will be 
    presented by the Secretary at the hearing in support of such action.
        (4) At the hearing the parties to the hearing shall have the 
    right to hear a full and complete statement of the action of the 
    Secretary which is the subject of the hearing together with the 
    information and reasons supporting such action, to conduct 
    reasonable questioning, and to present any oral or written 
    information relevant to such action.
        (5) The presiding officer in such hearing shall prepare a 
    written report of the hearing to which shall be attached all written 
    material presented at the hearing. The participants in the hearing 
    shall be given the opportunity to review and correct or supplement 
    the presiding officer's report of the hearing.
        (6) The Secretary may require the hearing to be transcribed. A 
    party to the hearing shall have the right to have the hearing 
    transcribed at his expense. Any transcription of a hearing shall be 
    included in the presiding officer's report of the hearing.

    (y) The term ``saccharin'' includes calcium saccharin, sodium 
saccharin, and ammonium saccharin.
    (z) The term ``infant formula'' means a food which purports to be or 
is represented for special dietary use solely as a food for infants by 
reason of its simulation of human milk or its suitability as a complete 
or partial substitute for human milk.
    (aa) The term ``abbreviated drug application'' means an application 
submitted under section 355(j) of this title for the approval of a drug 
that relies on the approved application of another drug with the same 
active ingredient to establish safety and efficacy, and--
        (1) in the case of section 335a of this title, includes a 
    supplement to such an application for a different or additional use 
    of the drug but does not include a supplement to such an application 
    for other than a different or additional use of the drug, and
        (2) in the case of sections 335b and 335c of this title, 
    includes any supplement to such an application.

    (bb) The term ``knowingly'' or ``knew'' means that a person, with 
respect to information--
        (1) has actual knowledge of the information, or
        (2) acts in deliberate ignorance or reckless disregard of the 
    truth or falsity of the information.

    (cc) For purposes of section 335a of this title, the term ``high 
managerial agent''--
        (1) means--
            (A) an officer or director of a corporation or an 
        association,
            (B) a partner of a partnership, or
            (C) any employee or other agent of a corporation, 
        association, or partnership,

    having duties such that the conduct of such officer, director, 
    partner, employee, or agent may fairly be assumed to represent the 
    policy of the corporation, association, or partnership, and
        (2) includes persons having management responsibility for--
            (A) submissions to the Food and Drug Administration 
        regarding the development or approval of any drug product,
            (B) production, quality assurance, or quality control of any 
        drug product, or
            (C) research and development of any drug product.

    (dd) For purposes of sections 335a and 335b of this title, the term 
``drug product'' means a drug subject to regulation under section 355, 
360b, or 382 of this title or under section 262 of title 42.
    (ee) The term ``Commissioner'' means the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs.
    (ff) The term ``dietary supplement''--
        (1) means a product (other than tobacco) intended to supplement 
    the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary 
    ingredients:
            (A) a vitamin;
            (B) a mineral;
            (C) an herb or other botanical;
            (D) an amino acid;
            (E) a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the 
        diet by increasing the total dietary intake; or
            (F) a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or 
        combination of any ingredient described in clause (A), (B), (C), 
        (D), or (E);

        (2) means a product that--
            (A)(i) is intended for ingestion in a form described in 
        section 350(c)(1)(B)(i) of this title; or
            (ii) complies with section 350(c)(1)(B)(ii) of this title;
            (B) is not represented for use as a conventional food or as 
        a sole item of a meal or the diet; and
            (C) is labeled as a dietary supplement; and

        (3) does--
            (A) include an article that is approved as a new drug under 
        section 355 of this title or licensed as a biologic under 
        section 262 of title 42 and was, prior to such approval, 
        certification, or license, marketed as a dietary supplement or 
        as a food unless the Secretary has issued a regulation, after 
        notice and comment, finding that the article, when used as or in 
        a dietary supplement under the conditions of use and dosages set 
        forth in the labeling for such dietary supplement, is unlawful 
        under section 342(f) of this title; and
            (B) not include--
                (i) an article that is approved as a new drug under 
            section 355 of this title, certified as an antibiotic under 
            section 357 of this title, or licensed as a biologic under 
            section 262 of title 42, or
                (ii) an article authorized for investigation as a new 
            drug, antibiotic, or biological for which substantial 
            clinical investigations have been instituted and for which 
            the existence of such investigations has been made public,

    which was not before such approval, certification, licensing, or 
    authorization marketed as a dietary supplement or as a food unless 
    the Secretary, in the Secretary's discretion, has issued a 
    regulation, after notice and comment, finding that the article would 
    be lawful under this chapter.

Except for purposes of paragraph (g), a dietary supplement shall be 
deemed to be a food within the meaning of this chapter.
    (gg) The term ``processed food'' means any food other than a raw 
agricultural commodity and includes any raw agricultural commodity that 
has been subject to processing, such as canning, cooking, freezing, 
dehydration, or milling.
    (hh) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency.
    (ii) The term ``compounded positron emission tomography drug''--
        (1) means a drug that--
            (A) exhibits spontaneous disintegration of unstable nuclei 
        by the emission of positrons and is used for the purpose of 
        providing dual photon positron emission tomographic diagnostic 
        images; and
            (B) has been compounded by or on the order of a practitioner 
        who is licensed by a State to compound or order compounding for 
        a drug described in subparagraph (A), and is compounded in 
        accordance with that State's law, for a patient or for research, 
        teaching, or quality control; and

        (2) includes any nonradioactive reagent, reagent kit, 
    ingredient, nuclide generator, accelerator, target material, 
    electronic synthesizer, or other apparatus or computer program to be 
    used in the preparation of such a drug.

    (jj) The term ``antibiotic drug'' means any drug (except drugs for 
use in animals other than humans) composed wholly or partly of any kind 
of penicillin, streptomycin, chlortetracycline, chloramphenicol, 
bacitracin, or any other drug intended for human use containing any 
quantity of any chemical substance which is produced by a micro-organism 
and which has the capacity to inhibit or destroy micro-organisms in 
dilute solution (including a chemically synthesized equivalent of any 
such substance) or any derivative thereof.
    (kk) Priority supplement.--The term ``priority supplement'' means a 
drug application referred to in section 101(4) of the Food and Drug 
Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (111 Stat. 2298).
    (ll)(1) The term ``single-use device'' means a device that is 
intended for one use, or on a single patient during a single procedure.
    (2)(A) The term ``reprocessed'', with respect to a single-use 
device, means an original device that has previously been used on a 
patient and has been subjected to additional processing and 
manufacturing for the purpose of an additional single use on a patient. 
The subsequent processing and manufacture of a reprocessed single-use 
device shall result in a device that is reprocessed within the meaning 
of this definition.
    (B) A single-use device that meets the definition under clause (A) 
shall be considered a reprocessed device without regard to any 
description of the device used by the manufacturer of the device or 
other persons, including a description that uses the term ``recycled'' 
rather than the term ``reprocessed''.
    (3) The term ``original device'' means a new, unused single-use 
device.
    (mm)(1) The term ``critical reprocessed single-use device'' means a 
reprocessed single-use device that is intended to contact normally 
sterile tissue or body spaces during use.
    (2) The term ``semi-critical reprocessed single-use device'' means a 
reprocessed single-use device that is intended to contact intact mucous 
membranes and not penetrate normally sterile areas of the body.

(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).


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Section 501 of Pub. L. 105-115 provided that: ``Except as otherwise 
provided in this Act [see Short Title of 1997 Amendment note set out 
under section 301 of this title], this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act, other than the provisions of and the amendments made by 
sections 111, 121, 125, and 307 [enacting section 355a of this title, 
amending this section and sections 331, 335a, 351, 352, 360, 360j, 360aa 
to 360cc, 360ee, 374, 379g, 381, and 382 of this title, section 45C of 
Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, section 156 of Title 35, Patents, and 
section 8126 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits, repealing sections 356 and 
357 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under 
sections 351 and 355 of this title], shall take effect 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 21, 1997].''


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-535 effective six months after the date of 
the promulgation of final regulations to implement section 343(r) of 
this title, or if such regulations are not promulgated, the date 
proposed regulations are to be considered as such final regulations 
(Nov. 8, 1992), with exception for persons marketing food the brand name 
of which contains a term defined by the Secretary under section 
343(r)(2)(A)(i) of this title, see section 10(a) of Pub. L. 101-535, set 
out as a note under section 343 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-278 effective 180 days after Apr. 22, 1976, 
see section 502(c) of Pub. L. 94-278, set out as a note under section 
334 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 92-516 effective at the close of Oct. 21, 1972, 
except if regulations are necessary for the implementation of any 
provision that becomes effective on Oct. 21, 1972, and continuation in 
effect of subchapter I of chapter 6 of Title 7, and regulations 
thereunder, relating to the control of economic poisons, as in existence 
prior to Oct. 21, 1972, until superseded by provisions of Pub. L. 92-
516, and regulations thereunder, see section 4 of Pub. L. 92-516, set 
out as an Effective Date note under section 136 of Title 7, Agriculture.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-513 effective on first day of seventh 
calendar month that begins after Oct. 26, 1970, see section 704 of Pub. 
L. 91-513, set out as an Effective Date note under section 801 of this 
title.


       Effective Date of 1968 Amendments; Transitional Provisions

    Section 6 of Pub. L. 90-639 provided that: ``The amendments made by 
this Act [amending this section, sections 331, 333, 334, and 360a of 
this title, and provisions set out as a note under section 289a of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare] shall apply only with respect to 
violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [this chapter] 
committed after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 24, 1968].''
    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-399 effective on first day of thirteenth 
calendar month after July 13, 1968, except that in the case of a drug 
(other than one subject to section 360b(n) of this title) intended for 
use in animals other than man which, on Oct. 9, 1962, was commercially 
used or sold in the United States, was not a new drug as defined in par. 
(p) of this section then in force, and was not covered by an effective 
application under section 355 of this title, the words ``effectiveness'' 
and ``effective'' contained in par. (w) of this section not applicable 
to such drug when intended solely for use under conditions prescribed, 
recommended, or suggested in labeling with respect to such drug on that 
day, see section 108(a), (b)(3) of Pub. L. 90-399, set out as an 
Effective Date and Transitional Provisions note under section 360b of 
this title.


                    Effective Date of 1965 Amendment

    Section 11 of Pub. L. 89-74 provided that: ``The foregoing 
provisions of this Act [see Short Title of 1965 Amendment note set out 
under section 301 of this title] shall take effect on the first day of 
the seventh calendar month [Feb. 1, 1966] following the month in which 
this Act is enacted [July 15, 1965]; except that (1) the Secretary shall 
permit persons, owning or operating any establishment engaged in 
manufacturing, preparing, propagating, compounding, processing, 
wholesaling, jobbing, or distributing any depressant or stimulant drug, 
as referred to in the amendments made by section 4 of this Act to 
section 510 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [section 360 of 
this title], to register their name, places of business, and 
establishments, and other information prescribed by such amendments, 
with the Secretary prior to such effective date, and (2) sections 201(v) 
and 511(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by this 
act [par. (v) of this section and par. (g) of section 360a of this 
title], and the provisions of sections 8 [amending section 372 of this 
title and section 1114 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure] and 
10 [set out as a note under this section] shall take effect upon the 
date of enactment of this Act [July 15, 1965].''


                    Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

    Section 107 of Pub. L. 87-781 provided that:
    ``(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the amendments 
made by the foregoing sections of this part A [amending this section and 
sections 331, 332, 348, 351 to 353, 355, 357, 379e of this title, and 
enacting provisions set out as a note under section 355 of this title] 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 10, 1962].
    ``(b) The amendments made by sections 101, 103, 105, and 106 of this 
part A [amending sections 331, 332, 351, 352, 355, and 357 of this 
title] shall, with respect to any drug, take effect on the first day of 
the seventh calendar month following the month in which this Act is 
enacted [Oct. 1962].
    ``(c)(1) As used in this subsection, the term `enactment date' means 
the date of enactment of this Act; and the term `basic Act' means the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [this chapter].
    ``(2) An application filed pursuant to section 505(b) of the basic 
Act [section 355(b) of this title] which was `effective' within the 
meaning of that Act on the day immediately preceding the enactment date 
shall be deemed as of the enactment date, to be an application 
`approved' by the Secretary within the meaning of the basic Act as 
amended by this Act.
    ``(3) In the case of any drug with respect to which an application 
filed under section 505(b) of the basic Act is deemed to be an approved 
application on the enactment date by virtue of paragraph (2) of this 
subsection--
        ``(A) the amendments made by this Act to section 201(p), and to 
    subsections (b) and (d) of section 505, of the basic Act [par. (p) 
    of this section, and subsecs. (b) and (d) of section 355 of this 
    title], insofar as such amendments relate to the effectiveness of 
    drugs, shall not, so long as approval of such application is not 
    withdrawn or suspended pursuant to section 505(e) of that Act 
    [section 355(e) of this title], apply to such drug when intended 
    solely for use under conditions prescribed, recommended, or 
    suggested in labeling covered by such approved application, but 
    shall apply to any changed use, or conditions of use, prescribed, 
    recommended, or suggested in its labeling, including such conditions 
    of use as are the subject of an amendment or supplement to such 
    application pending on, or filed after, the enactment date; and
        ``(B) clause (3) of the first sentence of section 505(e) of the 
    basic Act, as amended by this Act [section 355(e) of this title], 
    shall not apply to such drug when intended solely for use under 
    conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in labeling covered 
    by such approved application (except with respect to such use, or 
    conditions of use, as are the subject of an amendment or supplement 
    to such approved application, which amendment or supplement has been 
    approved after the enactment date under section 505 of the basic Act 
    as amended by this Act [section 355 of this title]) until whichever 
    of the following first occurs: (i) the expiration of the two-year 
    period beginning with the enactment date; (ii) the effective date of 
    an order under section 505(e) of the basic Act [section 355(e) of 
    this title], other than clause (3) of the first sentence of such 
    section 505(e) [section 355(e) of this title], withdrawing or 
    suspending the approval of such application.
    ``(4) In the case of any drug which, on the day immediately 
preceding the enactment date, (A) was commercially used or sold in the 
United States, (B) was not a new drug as defined by section 201(p) of 
the basic Act as then in force [par. (p) of this section], and (C) was 
not covered by an effective application under section 505 of that Act 
[section 355 of this title], the amendments to section 201(p) [par. (p) 
of this section] made by this Act shall not apply to such drug when 
intended solely for use under conditions prescribed, recommended, or 
suggested in labeling with respect to such drug on that day.''


                    Effective Date of 1960 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 86-618 effective July 12, 1960, subject to 
provisions of section 203 of Pub. L. 86-618, see section 202 of Pub. L. 
86-618, set out as a note under section 379e of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 85-929 effective Sept. 6, 1958, see section 
6(a) of Pub. L. 85-929, set out as a note under section 342 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1954 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by act July 22, 1954, see section 5 
of that act, set out as a note under section 342 of this title.


              Construction of Amendments by Pub. L. 102-282

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-282 not to preclude any other civil, 
criminal, or administrative remedy provided under Federal or State law, 
including any private right of action against any person for the same 
action subject to any action or civil penalty under an amendment made by 
Pub. L. 102-282, see section 7 of Pub. L. 102-282, set out as a note 
under section 335a of this title.


              Construction of Amendments by Pub. L. 101-535

    Amendments by Pub. L. 101-535 not to be construed to alter authority 
of Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Agriculture 
under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), and the Egg Products 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.), see section 9 of Pub. L. 101-
535, set out as a note under section 343 of this title.


                            Savings Provision

    Section 702 of Pub. L. 91-513, as amended by Pub. L. 93-481, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1455, provided that:
    ``(a) Prosecutions for any violation of law occurring prior to the 
effective date [see Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note above] of 
section 701 [repealing section 360a of this title, and amending sections 
321, 331, 333, 334, 360, 372, and 381 of this title, sections 1114 and 
1952 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 242 of 
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] shall not be affected by the 
repeals or amendments made by such section, or abated by reason thereof.
    ``(b) Civil seizures or forfeitures and injunctive proceedings 
commenced prior to the effective date of section 701 shall not be 
affected by the repeals or amendments made by such section, or abated by 
reason thereof.
    ``(c) All administrative proceedings pending before the Bureau of 
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs [now the Drug Enforcement Administration] 
on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 27, 1970] shall be continued 
and brought to final determination in accord with laws and regulations 
in effect prior to such date of enactment. Where a drug is finally 
determined under such proceedings to be a depressant or stimulant drug, 
as defined in section 201(v) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
[par. (v) of this section], such drug shall automatically be controlled 
under this title [subchapter I of chapter 13 of this title] by the 
Attorney General without further proceedings and listed in the 
appropriate schedule after he has obtained the recommendation of the 
Secretary. Any drug with respect to which such a final determination has 
been made prior to the date of enactment of this Act which is not listed 
in section 202 [section 812 of this title] within schedules I through V 
shall automatically be controlled under this title [subchapter I of 
chapter 13 of this title] by the Attorney General without further 
proceedings, and be listed in the appropriate schedule, after he has 
obtained the recommendations of the Secretary.
    ``(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or section 1103 
[of Pub. L. 91-513, set out as a note under sections 171 to 174 of this 
title], section 4202 of title 18, United States Code, shall apply to any 
individual convicted under any of the laws repealed by this title or 
title III [subchapter I or subchapter II of chapter 13 of this title] 
without regard to the terms of any sentence imposed on such individual 
under such law.''

                          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].''


           Congressional Findings Relating to Pub. L. 103-417

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 103-417 provided that: ``Congress finds that--
        ``(1) improving the health status of United States citizens 
    ranks at the top of the national priorities of the Federal 
    Government;
        ``(2) the importance of nutrition and the benefits of dietary 
    supplements to health promotion and disease prevention have been 
    documented increasingly in scientific studies;
        ``(3)(A) there is a link between the ingestion of certain 
    nutrients or dietary supplements and the prevention of chronic 
    diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis; and
        ``(B) clinical research has shown that several chronic diseases 
    can be prevented simply with a healthful diet, such as a diet that 
    is low in fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium, with a high 
    proportion of plant-based foods;
        ``(4) healthful diets may mitigate the need for expensive 
    medical procedures, such as coronary bypass surgery or angioplasty;
        ``(5) preventive health measures, including education, good 
    nutrition, and appropriate use of safe nutritional supplements will 
    limit the incidence of chronic diseases, and reduce long-term health 
    care expenditures;
        ``(6)(A) promotion of good health and healthy lifestyles 
    improves and extends lives while reducing health care expenditures; 
    and
        ``(B) reduction in health care expenditures is of paramount 
    importance to the future of the country and the economic well-being 
    of the country;
        ``(7) there is a growing need for emphasis on the dissemination 
    of information linking nutrition and long-term good health;
        ``(8) consumers should be empowered to make choices about 
    preventive health care programs based on data from scientific 
    studies of health benefits related to particular dietary 
    supplements;
        ``(9) national surveys have revealed that almost 50 percent of 
    the 260,000,000 Americans regularly consume dietary supplements of 
    vitamins, minerals, or herbs as a means of improving their 
    nutrition;
        ``(10) studies indicate that consumers are placing increased 
    reliance on the use of nontraditional health care providers to avoid 
    the excessive costs of traditional medical services and to obtain 
    more holistic consideration of their needs;
        ``(11) the United States will spend over $1,000,000,000,000 on 
    health care in 1994, which is about 12 percent of the Gross National 
    Product of the United States, and this amount and percentage will 
    continue to increase unless significant efforts are undertaken to 
    reverse the increase;
        ``(12)(A) the nutritional supplement industry is an integral 
    part of the economy of the United States;
        ``(B) the industry consistently projects a positive trade 
    balance; and
        ``(C) the estimated 600 dietary supplement manufacturers in the 
    United States produce approximately 4,000 products, with total 
    annual sales of such products alone reaching at least 
    $4,000,000,000;
        ``(13) although the Federal Government should take swift action 
    against products that are unsafe or adulterated, the Federal 
    Government should not take any actions to impose unreasonable 
    regulatory barriers limiting or slowing the flow of safe products 
    and accurate information to consumers;
        ``(14) dietary supplements are safe within a broad range of 
    intake, and safety problems with the supplements are relatively 
    rare; and
        ``(15)(A) legislative action that protects the right of access 
    of consumers to safe dietary supplements is necessary in order to 
    promote wellness; and
        ``(B) a rational Federal framework must be established to 
    supersede the current ad hoc, patchwork regulatory policy on dietary 
    supplements.''


    Dissemination of Information Regarding the Dangers of Drug Abuse

    Section 5 of Pub. L. 90-639 provided that: ``It is the sense of the 
Congress that, because of the inadequate knowledge on the part of the 
people of the United States of the substantial adverse effects of misuse 
of depressant and stimulant drugs, and of other drugs liable to abuse, 
on the individual, his family, and the community, the highest priority 
should be given to Federal programs to disseminate information which may 
be used to educate the public, particularly young persons, regarding the 
dangers of drug abuse.''


            Congressional Findings and Declaration of Policy

    Section 2 of Pub. L. 89-74 provided that: ``The Congress hereby 
finds and declares that there is a widespread illicit traffic in 
depressant and stimulant drugs moving in or otherwise affecting 
interstate commerce; that the use of such drugs, when not under the 
supervision of a licensed practitioner, often endangers safety on the 
highways (without distinction of interstate and intrastate traffic 
thereon) and otherwise has become a threat to the public health and 
safety, making additional regulation of such drugs necessary regardless 
of the intrastate or interstate origin of such drugs; that in order to 
make regulation and protection of interstate commerce in such drugs 
effective, regulation of intrastate commerce is also necessary because, 
among other things, such drugs, when held for illicit sale, often do not 
bear labeling showing their place of origin and because in the form in 
which they are so held or in which they are consumed a determination of 
their place of origin is often extremely difficult or impossible; and 
that regulation of interstate commerce without the regulation of 
intrastate commerce in such drugs, as provided in this Act [see Short 
Title of 1965 Amendment note set out under section 301 of this title], 
would discriminate against and adversely affect interstate commerce in 
such drugs.''


      Effect of Drug Abuse Control Amendments of 1965 on State Laws

    Section 10 of Pub. L. 89-74 provided that:
    ``(a) Nothing in this Act [enacting section 360a of this title, 
amending sections 321, 331, 333, 334, 360, and 372 of this title and 
section 1114 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and enacting 
provisions set out as notes under sections 321, 352, and 360a of this 
title] shall be construed as authorizing the manufacture, compounding, 
processing, possession, sale, delivery, or other disposal of any drug in 
any State in contravention of the laws of such State.
    ``(b) No provision of this Act nor any amendment made by it shall be 
construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy 
the field in which such provision or amendment operates to the exclusion 
of any State law on the same subject matter, unless there is a direct 
and positive conflict between such provision or amendment and such State 
law so that the two cannot be reconciled or consistently stand together.
    ``(c) No amendment made by this Act shall be construed to prevent 
the enforcement in the courts of any State of any statute of such State 
prescribing any criminal penalty for any act made criminal by any such 
amendment.''


             Effect of Drug Amendments of 1962 on State Laws

    Section 202 of Pub. L. 87-781 provided that: ``Nothing in the 
amendments made by this Act [enacting sections 358 to 360, amending 
sections 321, 331, 332, 348, 351 to 353, 355, 357, 372, 374, 379e, and 
381 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under 
sections 321, 331, 332, 352, 355, 360, and 374 of this title] to the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [this chapter] shall be construed 
as invalidating any provision of State law which would be valid in the 
absence of such amendments unless there is a direct and positive 
conflict between such amendments and such provision of State law.''


                               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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