§ 1456. — Enforcement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1456]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 39--FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING PROGRAM
Sec. 1456. Enforcement
(a) Misbranded consumer commodities
Any consumer commodity which is a food, drug, device, or cosmetic,
as each such term is defined by section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321), and which is introduced or delivered
for introduction into commerce in violation of any of the provisions of
this chapter, or the regulations issued pursuant to this chapter, shall
be deemed to be misbranded within the meaning of chapter III of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 331 et seq.], but the
provisions of section 303 of that Act (21 U.S.C. 333) shall have no
application to any violation of section 1452 of this title.
(b) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce
Any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the
regulations issued pursuant to this chapter, with respect to any
consumer commodity which is not a food, drug, device, or cosmetic, shall
constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in commerce in
violation of section 45(a) of this title and shall be subject to
enforcement under section 45(b) of this title.
(c) Imports
In the case of any imports into the United States of any consumer
commodity covered by this chapter, the provisions of sections 1453 and
1454 of this title shall be enforced by the Secretary of the Treasury
pursuant to section 801(a) and (b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381).
(Pub. L. 89-755, Sec. 7, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1300.)
References in Text
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in subsecs.
(a) and (c), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, as amended.
Chapter III of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III
(Sec. 331 et seq.) of chapter 9 of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of
Title 21 and Tables.
