§ 141. — Prohibition of importation without permit.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 21USC141]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 4--ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
SUBCHAPTER IV--IMPORTATION OF MILK AND CREAM
Sec. 141. Prohibition of importation without permit
On and after May 16, 1927, the importation into the United States of
milk and cream is prohibited unless the person by whom such milk or
cream is shipped or transported into the United States holds a valid
permit from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 1101; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV,
Sec. 12, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2421, 54 Stat. 1237; 1953 Reorg.
Plan No. 1, Sec. 5, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; Pub.
L. 96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
Change of Name
``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted in text for
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' pursuant to section
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title
20, Education.
Short Title
Act July 12, 1943, ch. 221, title II, 57 Stat. 499, provided in part
that act Feb. 15, 1927, which is classified to this subchapter, may be
cited as ``Import Milk Act''.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Federal Security Administrator to
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human
Services], and of Food and Drug Administration to Federal Security
Agency, see note set out under section 41 of this title.
