{"data":{"id":"us/21-u.s.c.-17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 U.S.C. § 17","heading":"Penalty for sale or introduction of falsely labeled dairy or food products; venue","body":"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.","path":["Title 21—FOOD AND DRUGS","CHAPTER 1—ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED FOODS OR DRUGS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc21@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:48Z","sha256":"d7ce88ae232693dc47e79d88035eb1c9d66280c13b6920e3d2e2be1453a3ec60","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/21-u.s.c.-16","next":"us/21-u.s.c.-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}