---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 379d–5"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "379d–5"
heading: "Guidance document regarding product promotion using the Internet"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/379d-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act"
  - "Subchapter VII — General Authority"
  - "Part A — General Administrative Provisions"
---

# §379d–5. Guidance document regarding product promotion using the Internet


Not later than 2 years after July 9, 2012, the [Secretary](/usc/21/321.md?p=d) of Health and Human Services shall issue guidance that describes [Food](/usc/21/321.md?p=f) and [Drug](/usc/21/321.md?p=g-1) Administration policy regarding the promotion, using the Internet (including social media), of medical [products](/usc/21/360eee.md?p=13) that are regulated by such Administration.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 112–144, title XI, § 1121, July 9, 2012, 126 Stat. 1112.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, and not as part of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which comprises this chapter.