---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 17"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "17"
heading: "Penalty for sale or introduction of falsely labeled dairy or food products; venue"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/17"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Adulterated or Misbranded Foods or Drugs"
  - "Subchapter II — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §17. Penalty for sale or introduction of falsely labeled dairy or food products; venue


If any person or persons violate the provisions of [section 16 of this title](/usc/21/16.md), 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.


## Source credit

(July 1, 1902, ch. 1357, § 2, 32 Stat. 632.)