---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 138i"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "138i"
heading: "Effect of other laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/138i"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — National Laboratory Accreditation"
---

# §138i. Effect of other laws


Nothing in this chapter shall alter the authority of the [Secretary](/usc/7/138.md?p=5) of Health and Human Services under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ([21 U.S.C. 301](/usc/21/301.md) et seq.).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIII, § 1330, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3565.)

## 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 Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of Title 21 and Tables.