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FD&C Act Chapter IV: Food

To search the FD&C Act on the Law Revision Counsel website, you may either search by U.S. code section number or browse the Title 21 section listing.

Chapter 9 - Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (sections 301 - 399d)

FD&C Act Section Number Title
Sec. 401 Sec. 341 - Definitions and standards for food
Sec. 402 Sec. 342 - Adulterated food
Sec. 403 Sec. 343 - Misbranded food
Sec. 403A Sec. 343-1 - National uniform nutrition labeling
Sec. 403B Sec. 343-2 - Dietary supplement labeling exemptions
Sec. 403C Sec. 343-3 - Disclosure
  Sec. 343a - Repealed. Pub. L. 106-554, §1(a)(1) title V, §517, Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-73
Sec. 404 Sec. 344 - Emergency permit control
Sec. 405 Sec. 345 - Regulations making exemptions
Sec. 406 Sec. 346 - Tolerances for poisonous or deleterious substances in food regulations
Sec. 408 Sec. 346a - Tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemical residues
  Sec. 346b - Authorization of appropriations
Sec. 407 Sec. 347 - Intrastate sales of colored oleomargarine
  Sec. 347a - Congressional declaration of policy regarding oleomargarine sales
  Sec. 347b - Contravention of State laws
Sec. 409 Sec. 348 - Food additives
Sec. 410 Sec. 349 - Bottled drinking water standards; publication in Federal Register
Sec. 411 Sec. 350 - Vitamins and minerals
Sec. 412 Sec. 350a - Infant formulas
Sec. 413 Sec. 350b - New dietary ingredients
Sec. 414 Sec. 350c - Maintenance and inspection of records
Sec. 415 Sec. 350d - Registration of food facilities
Sec. 416 Sec. 350e - Sanitary transportation practices
Sec. 417 Sec. 350f - Reportable food registry
Sec. 418 Sec. 350g - Hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls
Sec. 419 Sec. 350h - Standards for produce safety
Sec. 420 Sec. 350i - Protection against intentional adulteration
Sec. 421 Sec. 350j - Targeting of inspection resources for domestic facilities, foreign facilities, and ports of entry
Sec. 422 Sec. 350k - Laboratory accreditation for analyses of foods
Sec. 423 Sec. 350l - Mandatory recall authority
  Sec. 350l-1 - Annual report to Congress

 



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