---
kind: "unit"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
key: "ch9/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Prohibited Acts and Penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/ch9-schIII"
sections_count: 12
---

# Subchapter III — Prohibited Acts and Penalties

Title 21 — Food and Drugs › Chapter 9 — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

## Sections

- [§331. Prohibited acts](/usc/21/331.md)
- [§332. Injunction proceedings](/usc/21/332.md)
- [§333. Penalties](/usc/21/333.md)
- [§333a. Repealed.](/usc/21/333a.md)
- [§334. Seizure](/usc/21/334.md)
- [§335. Hearing before report of criminal violation](/usc/21/335.md)
- [§335a. Debarment, temporary denial of approval, and suspension](/usc/21/335a.md)
- [§335b. Civil penalties](/usc/21/335b.md)
- [§335c. Authority to withdraw approval of abbreviated drug applications](/usc/21/335c.md)
- [§336. Report of minor violations](/usc/21/336.md)
- [§337. Proceedings in name of United States; provision as to subpoenas](/usc/21/337.md)
- [§337a. Extraterritorial jurisdiction](/usc/21/337a.md)