21 U.S.C. § 16
Section 16 · Introduction into, or sale in, State or Territory or District of Columbia of dairy or food products falsely labeled or branded
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case United States v. Beach (1945)
Most recently applied in United States v. Benjamin Galecki (December 2023)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
No person or persons, company or corporation, shall introduce into any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or sell in the District of Columbia or in any Territory any dairy or food products which shall be falsely labeled or branded as to the State or Territory in which they are made, produced, or grown, or cause or procure the same to be done by others.