---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 U.S.C. § 467f"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
number: "467f"
heading: "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act applications"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/467f"
units:
  - "Chapter 10 — Poultry and Poultry Products Inspection"
---

# §467f. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act applications

- (a) **Exemptions; authorities under food, drug, and cosmetic provisions unaffected—** [Poultry](/usc/21/453.md?p=e) and [poultry products](/usc/21/453.md?p=f) shall be exempt from the provisions of the [Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act](/usc/21/453.md?p=x) [[21 U.S.C. 301](/usc/21/301.md) et seq.] to the extent of the application or extension thereto of the provisions of this chapter, except that the provisions of this chapter shall not derogate from any authority conferred by the [Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act](/usc/21/453.md?p=x) prior to August 18, 1968.
- (b) **Enforcement proceedings; detainer authority of representatives of Secretary of Health and Human Services—** The detainer authority conferred by [section 467a of this title](/usc/21/467a.md) shall apply to any authorized representative of the [Secretary](/usc/21/453.md?p=i) of Health and Human Services for purposes of the enforcement of the [Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act](/usc/21/453.md?p=x) [[21 U.S.C. 301](/usc/21/301.md) et seq.] with respect to any [poultry](/usc/21/453.md?p=e) carcass, or part or product thereof, that is outside any [official establishment](/usc/21/453.md?p=p), and for such purposes the first reference to the [Secretary](/usc/21/453.md?p=i) in [section 467a of this title](/usc/21/467a.md) shall be deemed to refer to the [Secretary](/usc/21/453.md?p=i) of Health and Human Services.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–172, § 24, as added Pub. L. 90–492, § 17, Aug. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 807; amended Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in text, is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§ 301 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of this title and Tables.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” in par. (b) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.