21 USC § 62 - Manufacture, shipment, or delivery for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce prohibited

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s62"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 62 - Manufacture, shipment, or delivery for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce prohibited"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "62"
section_name: "Manufacture, shipment, or delivery for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce prohibited"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "FILLED MILK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 2, 42 Stat. 1487.)"
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# § 62. Manufacture, shipment, or delivery for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce prohibited

section 61 of this title

It is declared that filled milk, as defined in , 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 2, 42 Stat. 1487.)