21 USC § 321d - Market names for catfish and ginseng

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title: "21 USC § 321d - Market names for catfish and ginseng"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "321d"
section_name: "Market names for catfish and ginseng"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DEFINITIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10806, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 526.)"
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# § 321d. Market names for catfish and ginseng

**(a)** **Catfish labeling**

**(1)** **In general** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.)—

**(A)** the term “catfish” may only be considered to be a common or usual name (or part thereof) for fish classified within the family Ictaluridae; and

**(B)** only labeling or advertising for fish classified within that family may include the term “catfish”.

**(2)** **Omitted** 

**(b)** **Ginseng labeling**

**(1)** **In general** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.)—

**(A)** the term “ginseng” may only be considered to be a common or usual name (or part thereof) for any herb or herbal ingredient derived from a plant classified within the genus Panax; and

**(B)** only labeling or advertising for herbs or herbal ingredients classified within that genus may include the term “ginseng”.

**(2)** **Omitted** 

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10806, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 526.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (b)(1), is , , which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Codification

Section is comprised of . Subsecs. (a)(2) and (b)(2) of  amended .

Section was enacted as part of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and not as part of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which comprises this chapter.