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title: "21 U.S.C. § 17"
description: "Penalty for sale or introduction of falsely labeled dairy or food products; venue"
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title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
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chapter_name: "ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED FOODS OR DRUGS"
section: "17"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 17"
status: "current"
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# 21 U.S.C. § 17 - Penalty for sale or introduction of falsely labeled dairy or food products; venue

## Text

If any person or persons violate the provisions of section 16 of this title, either in person or through another, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000. The jurisdiction for the prosecution of said misdemeanor shall be within the district of the United States court in which it is committed.

(July 1, 1902, ch. 1357, § 2, 32 Stat. 632.)