21 USC § 149 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s149"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 149 - Definitions"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "149"
section_name: "Definitions"
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, § 9, 44 Stat. 1103; Pub. L. 86–70, § 19, June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 145; Pub. L. 86–624, § 15, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 415.)"
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# § 149. Definitions

When used in this subchapter—

**(a)** The term “person” means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation.

**(b)** The term “United States” means the fifty States and the District of Columbia.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, § 9, 44 Stat. 1103; Pub. L. 86–70, § 19, June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 145; Pub. L. 86–624, § 15, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 415.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1960—Subsec. (b).  substituted “means the fifty States and the District of Columbia” for “means continental United States, including Alaska”.

1959—Subsec. (b).  inserted “, including Alaska” after “continental United States”.