---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 1051"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "1051"
heading: "Other Federal laws applicable for administration and enforcement of chapter; prosecution of inquiries; exercise of jurisdiction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/1051"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Egg Products Inspection"
---

# §1051. Other Federal laws applicable for administration and enforcement of chapter; prosecution of inquiries; exercise of jurisdiction


For the efficient administration and enforcement of this chapter, the provisions (including penalties) of sections [46](/usc/15/46.md), [48](/usc/15/48.md), [49](/usc/15/49.md), and [50](/usc/15/50.md) of title 15 (except paragraphs [(c)](/usc/15/46.md?p=c) through [(h)](/usc/15/46.md?p=h) of section 46 and the last paragraph of [section 49](/usc/15/49.md)[^1] of title 15), and the provisions of section 409(l)[^1] of title 47, are made applicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the [Secretary](/usc/21/1033.md?p=x) in administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to any [person](/usc/21/1033.md?p=t) with respect to whom such authority is exercised. The [Secretary](/usc/21/1033.md?p=x), in [person](/usc/21/1033.md?p=t) or by such agents as he may designate, may prosecute any inquiry necessary to his duties under this chapter in any part of the [United States](/usc/21/1033.md?p=z), and the powers conferred by said sections [49](/usc/15/49.md) and [50](/usc/15/50.md) of title 15, on the district courts of the [United States](/usc/21/1033.md?p=z) may be exercised for the purposes of this chapter by any court designated in [section 1050 of this title](/usc/21/1050.md).


## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–597, § 22, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1632.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 91–597, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1620, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1031 of this title and Tables.

The last paragraph of section 49 of title 15, and the provisions of section 409(l) of title 47, referred to in text, which related to immunity of witnesses, were repealed by sections 211 and 242, respectively, of Pub. L. 91–452, Oct. 15, 1970, title II, 84 Stat. 929, 930. For provisions relating to immunity of witnesses, see section 6001 et seq. of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

For effective date of this section, see section 29 of Pub. L. 91–597, set out as a note under section 1031 of this title.