21 USC § 890 - Review of Federal sales of chemicals usable to manufacture controlled substances
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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s890"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 890 - Review of Federal sales of chemicals usable to manufacture controlled substances"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "890"
section_name: "Review of Federal sales of chemicals usable to manufacture controlled substances"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Administrative and Enforcement Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 520, as added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1034(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2640.)"
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# § 890. Review of Federal sales of chemicals usable to manufacture controlled substances
A Federal department or agency may not sell from the stocks of the department or agency any chemical which, as determined by the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, could be used in the manufacture of a controlled substance unless the Administrator certifies in writing to the head of the department or agency that there is no reasonable cause to believe that the sale of the chemical would result in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 520, as added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1034(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2640.)