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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "21 U.S.C. § 17"
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description: "Penalty for sale or introduction of falsely labeled dairy or food products; venue"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 21
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title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
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chapter_number: "1"
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chapter_name: "ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED FOODS OR DRUGS"
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section: "17"
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citation: "21 U.S.C. § 17"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc21@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s17"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-21/usc21.xml"
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source_hash: "60dbf94883c8cd6759307dce12c9287a903aaa7e921c3d380fd2bcb16f20ed75"
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raw_snapshot_hash: "3dbd7a61c8616baefb8459bd8dac3b93242106deb416308c8d4dd5a9143176d1"
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text_hash: "a86c2a0c5aa971b7b9c693f4253bc77977aad44ff6c60ece2c03c51792ca4d4f"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 21 U.S.C. § 17 - Penalty for sale or introduction of falsely labeled dairy or food products; venue
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## Text
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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.
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(July 1, 1902, ch. 1357, § 2, 32 Stat. 632.)
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