21 USC § 145 - Penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s145"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 145 - Penalties"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "145"
section_name: "Penalties"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "IMPORTATION OF MILK AND CREAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, § 5, 44 Stat. 1103.)"
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# § 145. Penalties

Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this subchapter shall, in addition to all other penalties prescribed by law, be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $2,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, § 5, 44 Stat. 1103.)