Notes on 21 U.S.C. § 457 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 21 U.S.C. § 457 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 85-172, Sec. 8, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 444; Pub. L. 90-
492, Sec. 8, Aug. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 799; Pub. L. 96-88, title V,
Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in par.
(b), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, as amended,
which is classified generally to chapter 9 (Sec. 301 et seq.) of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see section 301 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1968 - Par. (a). Pub. L. 90-492 substituted provisions requiring
shipping containers and immediate containers, as the Secretary may
order, to bear the information required under section 453(h) of
this title, and provisions, whenever the Secretary determines such
action to be practicable and necessary, requiring nonconsumer
packaged carcasses at the time they leave the official
establishment to bear the information required under the
aforementioned section, for provisions requiring shipping
containers to bear the official mark and the approved plant number
of the official establishment in which the contents were processed,
provisions requiring immediate containers to bear the official
inspection mark, the name of the product, a statement of
ingredients, the net weight or other appropriate measure of the
contents, the name and address of the processor, and the approved
plant number of the official establishment in which the contents
were processed, and provisions authorizing the Secretary to make
reasonable variations and grant exemptions from the foregoing
labeling requirements.
Par. (b). Pub. L. 90-492 added par. (b). Provisions of former
par. (b) were redesignated as pars. (c) and (d).
Par. (c). Pub. L. 90-492 redesignated part of provisions of
former par. (b) as (c) and made changes in phraseology.
Par. (d). Pub. L. 90-492 redesignated part of provisions of
former par. (b) as (d) and extended the authority of the Secretary
to withhold from use products which have false or misleading
markings or containers.
CHANGE OF NAME
"Secretary of Health and Human Services" substituted for
"Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" in par. (b) pursuant
to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section
3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 90-492 effective Aug. 18, 1968, see section
20 of Pub. L. 90-492, set out as a note under section 451 of this
title.